Economics / William Boyes and Michael Melvin.
By: Boyes, William J [author]
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Contributor(s): Melvin, Michael, (Economist) [author].
Material type: 
BookPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, [1991]Description: xxix, 1045 pages + various pagings : illustrations ; 27 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 039548278X (hardback).Subject(s): EconomicsDDC classification: 330 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 330 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00158036 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An introductory text designed to give a global perspective of economics, with international material incorporated in the form of descriptive explanations, models and examples. Also available are an instructor's resource manual and multi-media ancillary package.
Includes index.
Introduction to the price system -- Macroeconomic basics -- Macroeconomic policy -- Economic growth and development -- Product market basics -- Product markets -- Factor markets -- Microeconomic applications: traditional and nontraditional -- Issues in international trade and finance.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Note: Each chapter begins with a Preview and concludes with a Summary
- Key Terms
- Exercises, and an ACE Practice Test
- I Introduction to the Price System
- 1 Economics: The World Around You Why Study Economics?
- The Definition of Economics
- The Economic Approach Economic Insight
- ""'Free' Air?""
- Economically Speaking
- ""Choice of Major, Years of College Influence Student Debt""
- Appendix to Chapter
- 1 Working with Graphs Reading Graphs Constructing a Graph Slopes
- 2 Choice, Opportunity Costs