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Economics / Michael Parkin, Melanie Powell, Kent Matthews.

By: Parkin, Michael, 1939-.
Contributor(s): Powell, Melanie | Matthews, K. G. P.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Harlow : Addison-Wesley, c2000Edition: 4th ed.Description: 1 v. (various pagings) : col. ill., ports.. ; 27 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0201596083; 0201596083(pbk.); 9780201596083.Subject(s): Economics | Economics | EconomicsDDC classification: 330 | 330 PAR
Contents:
Part 1: Introduction -- Part 2: What is economics? -- Part 3: How markets work -- Part 4: Competition v Monopoly -- Part 5: Resource markets -- Part 6: Market failure and government -- Part 7: Macroeconomics and fundamentals -- Part 8: The Central Bank and monetary policy -- Part 9: The euro and the global economy.
Summary: This text offers students a solid modern foundation in the study of economic theory, and includes an expanded software package, Economics in Action. The new edition has a revised organisation of the macro section for greater flexibility.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Economics is a highly successful textbook, which is known and respected world-wide for its comprehensive coverage of introductory economics, its clarity of exposition, its lively applications and examples and for the quality of its four-colour artwork.Using the high standards set by previous editions, this Fourth European Edition has been carefully revised and now places even greater emphasis on helping the student understand the core concepts of economics and to think like an economist. The Fourth Edition has been carefully crafted to meet five overriding goals: *To focus on the core principles of choice and opportunity cost, marginal analysis substitution and incentives, the power of competitive process and the core tools of supply and demand. New issues are explained by using familiar ideas and tools. *To use the core principles to explain the issues and problems of our time such as the environment, health care, widening income gaps, etc *To create a flexible teaching and learning tool which allows the book to be used for a wide range economics courses with different emphasis; monetarist, Keynesian, long-run early or late, etc. *To make modern economics accessible, illustrating

Previous ed.: 1997.

Previous ed. 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: Introduction -- Part 2: What is economics? -- Part 3: How markets work -- Part 4: Competition v Monopoly -- Part 5: Resource markets -- Part 6: Market failure and government -- Part 7: Macroeconomics and fundamentals -- Part 8: The Central Bank and monetary policy -- Part 9: The euro and the global economy.

This text offers students a solid modern foundation in the study of economic theory, and includes an expanded software package, Economics in Action. The new edition has a revised organisation of the macro section for greater flexibility.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Part 1 Introduction
  • 1 What is Economics?
  • 2 Making and Using Graphs
  • 3 Production growth & trade
  • Part 2 How Markets Work
  • 4 Demand and Supply
  • 5 Elasticity
  • 6 Efficiency & Equity
  • 7 Markets in Action
  • Part 3 A Closer look at Demand and Supply
  • 8 Utility & Demand
  • 9 Possibilities, Preferences & Choices
  • 10 Organizing Production
  • 11 Output and Costs
  • Part 4 Competition verses Monopoly
  • 12 Competition
  • 13 Monopoly
  • 14 Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly
  • Part 5 Resource Markets
  • 15 Demand and supply in Factor Markets
  • 16 Labour Markets
  • 17 Inequality, Redistribution and Welfare
  • Part 6 Market Failure and Government
  • 18 Market Failure and Public Choice
  • 19 Regulation and Privatization
  • 20 Externalities, the Environment and Knowledge
  • Part 7 Macroeconomic Overview
  • 21 A first look at Macroeconomics
  • 22 Measuring GDP, Inflation and Economic Growth
  • 23 Employment and Unemployment
  • 24 Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand
  • Part 8 Aggregate Demand and Inflation
  • 25 Expenditure Multipliers
  • 26 Fiscal Policy
  • 27 Money
  • 28 The Central Bank and Monetary Policy
  • 29 Fiscal and Monetary Interactions ISLM Appendix
  • 30 Inflation
  • Part 9 Aggregate Supply, Economic Growth and Cycles
  • 31 Capital Investment and Saving
  • 32 Long Term Economic Growth
  • 33 The Business Cycle
  • 34 Macroeconomic Policy Changes
  • Part 10 The Global Economy
  • 35 Trading with the World
  • 36 The Balance of Payments, The Pound and the Euro