Economics : explore & apply /
by Ronald M. Ayres and Robert A. Collinge.
- Enhanced ed.
- Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Education Prentice Hall, c2003.
- xxxvi, 796 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Prentice Hall series in economics. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.The economic perspective -- 2.Production and trade -- 3.Demand and supply -- 4.The power of prices -- 5.Measuring national output -- 6.Unemployment -- 7.Inflation -- 8.A framework for macroeconomic analysis -- 9.Fiscal policy and short-run instability -- 10.Aggregate expenditures -- 11.Fiscal policy in action -- 12.Economic growth -- 13.Money, banking and the federal reserve -- 14.Monetary policy and price stability -- 15.Elasticity: measuring responsiveness -- 16.Consumer behavior -- 17.The firm and production -- 18.Costs and profit-maximizing output -- 19.Pure competition -- 20.Monopolgy and antitrutst -- 21.Oligopoly and monopolistic competition -- 22.Markets for labor and other inputs -- 23.Earnings and income distribution -- 24.Public goods, regulation, and information -- 25.Externalities and common property resources -- 26.Public choice -- 27.Into the international marketplace -- 28.Policy toward trade -- 29.Economic development.