Economics [printed text] / Michael Parkin, Author ; Melanie Powell, Author ; Kent Matthews, Author  . -  6th ed. . - Boston, MA : Addison-Wesley, 2005 . - xli, 833 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-321-31264-8

Class number:	330
Abstract:	Economics is a highly respected and successful textbook, valued world-wide by students for its comprehensive and engaging coverage of introductory economics. The book presents economics as an interesting, lively and relevant subject and it helps students to see how the world works by developing “an economic way of thinking”.
Contents note:	Part 1 Introduction 1. What is economics?; 2. The economic problem Part 2 How markets work 3. Demand and supply; 4. Elasticity; 5. Efficiency and equity; 6. Markets in action Part 3 Households' choices 7. Utility and demand; 8. Possibilities, preferences, and choices Part 4 Firms and markets 9. Organizing production; 10. Output and costs; 11. Perfect competition; 12. Monopoly; 13. Monopolistic competition and oligopoly Part 5 Market failure and government 14. Regulation and antitrust law; 15. Externalities; 16. Public goods and common resources Part 6 Factor markets, inequality, and uncertainty 17. Demand and supply in factor markets; 18. Economic inequality; 19. Uncertainty and information Part 7 Macroeconomic overview 20. A first look at macroeconomics; 21. Measuring GDP and economic growth; 22. Monitoring cycles, jobs, and the price level; 23. Aggregated supply and aggregate demand Part 8 Aggregate supply and economic growth 24. The economy at full employment: the classical model; 25. Economic growth Part 9 Aggregate demand, money, and inflation 26. Money, banks, and the Federal Reserve; 27. Money, interest, real GDP, and the price level Part 10 Economic fluctuations and stabilizations policy 28. Expenditure multipliers : the Keynesian model; 29. The business cycle; 30. Fiscal policy; 31. Monetary policy Part 11 The global economy: Trading with the world - International finance.