TY - BOOK AU - Tucker,Irvin B. TI - Economics for today SN - X001FVTEZV AV - HB171.5 .T748 2017 U1 - 330 22 PY - 2017/// CY - Mason, Ohio PB - Thomson/South-Western KW - Economics KW - Economic history KW - fast KW - United States KW - Economic conditions KW - 2001-2009 N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part 1; Introduction To Economics --; 1; Introducing the Economic Way of Thinking --; Appendix: Applying Graphs to Economics --; 2; Production Possibilities, Opportunity Cost, and Economic Growth --; Part 2; Microeconomic Fundamentals --; 3; Market Supply and Demand --; Appendix: Consumer Surplus, Producer Surplus, and Market Efficiency --; 4; Markets in Action --; Appendix: Applying Supply and Demand Analysis to Health Care --; 5; Price Elasticity of Demand and Supply --; 6; Consumer Choice Theory --; Appendix: Indifference Curve Analysis --; 7; Production Costs --; Part 3; Market Structures --; 8; Perfect Competition --; 9; Monopoly --; 10; Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly --; 11; Labor Markets --; Part 4; Microeconomic Policy Issues --; 12; Income Distribution, Poverty, and Discrimination --; 13; Antitrust and Regulation --; 14; Environmental Economics --; Part 5; Macroeconomic Fundamentals --; 15; Gross Domestic Product --; Appendix: A Four-Sector Circular Flow Model --; 16; Business Cycles and Unemployment --; 17; Inflation --; Part 6; Macroeconomic Theory and Policy --; 18; The Keynesian Model --; 19; The Keynesian Model in Action --; 20; Aggregate Demand and Supply --; Appendix: The Self-Correcting Aggregate Demand and Supply Model --; 21; Fiscal Policy --; 22; The Public Sector --; 23; Federal Deficits, Surpluses, and the National Debt --; Part 7; Money, Banking, and Monetary Policy --; 24; Money and the Federal Reserve System --; 25; Money Creation --; 26; Monetary Policy --; Appendix: Policy Disputes Using the Self-Correcting Aggregate Demand and Supply Model --; 27; The Phillips Curve and --; Expectations Theory --; Part 8; The International Economy --; 28; International Trade and Finance --; 29; Economies in Transition --; 30; Growth and the Less-Developed Countries --; Appendix A; Answers to Odd-Numbered Study Questions and Problems --; Appendix B; Answers to Practice Quizzes ER -