Modern Principles of Economics. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tyler Cowen, Alex Tabarrok.
• Authors: Cowen, Tyler; Tabarrok, Alex
• Contents: Preface.- 1. The Big Ideas in Economics.- 2. The Power of Trade and Comparative Advantage.- Part 1: Supply and Demand.- 3. Supply and Demand.- 4. Equilibrium: How Supply and Demand Determine Prices.- 5. Elasticity and Its Applications.- 6. Taxes and Subsidies.- Part 2: The Price System.- 7. The Price System: Signals, Speculation, and Prediction.- 8. Price Ceilings and Floors.- 9. International Trade.- 10. Externalities: When the Price Is Not Right.- Part 3: Firms and Factor Markets.- 11. Costs and Profit Maximization under Competition.- 12. Competition and the Invisible Hand.- 13. Monopoly.- 14. Price Discrimination and Pricing Strategy.- 15. Oligopoly and Game Theory.- 16. Networks, Platforms, and the Economics of 'Free Goods'.- 17. Monopolistic Competition and Advertising.- 18. Labor Markets.- Part 4: Government.- 19. Public Goods and the Tragedy of the Commons.- 20. Political Economy and Public Choice.- 21. Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy.- Part 5: Decision Making for Businesses, Investors, and Consumers.- 22. Managing Incentives.- 23. Stock Markets and Personal Finance.- 24. Asymmetric Information: Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection.- 25 Consumer Choice.- Part 6: Economic Growth.- 26 GDP and the Measurement of Progress.- 27 The Wealth of Nations and Economic Growth.- 28 Growth, Capital Accumulation, and the Economics of Ideas: Catching Up vs. the Cutting Edge.- 29 Saving, Investment, and the Financial System.- Part 7: Business Fluctuations.- 30 Unemployment and Labor Force Participation.- 31 Inflation and the Quantity Theory of Money.- 3. Business Fluctuations: Aggregate Demand and Supply.- 33. Transmission and Amplification Mechanisms.- Part 8: Macroeconomic Policy and Institutions.- 34. The Federal Reserve System and Open Market Operations.- 35. Monetary Policy.- 36. The Federal Budget: Taxes and Spending.- 37. Fiscal Policy.- Part 9: International Economics.- 38 International Finance.
• Edition: Fifth edition
• Publisher Details: New York : Worth
• Publication Date: 2021
• Copyright Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: Economics; Management science; Business & Economics -- General; Economics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781319383046
• Related ISBNs: 9781319383039
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