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Informationen zum Autor Campbell R. McConnell earned his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa after receiving degrees from Cornell College and the University of Illinois. He taught at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln from 1953 until his retirement in 1990. He is also coauthor of Contemporary Labor Economics! Seventh edition! and Essentials of Economics! First edition (both The McGraw-Hill Companies)! and has edited readers for the principles and labor economics courses. He is a recipient of both the University of Nebraska Distinguished Teaching Award and the James A. Lake Academic Freedom Award! and is past-president of the Midwest Economics Association. Professor McConnell was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Cornell College in 1973 and received its Distinguished Achievement Award in 1994. Klappentext Builds upon the tradition of leadership by sticking to 3 main goals: help the beginning student master the principles essential for understanding the economizing problem! specific economic issues! and the policy alternatives; help the student understand and apply the economic perspective! reason accurately and objectively about economic matters. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS and THE ECONOMY To the Student 1 Limits! Alternatives! and Choices (+ Appendix) 2 The Market System and the Circular Flow PART 2: PRICE! QUANTITY! AND EFFICIENCY 3Demand! Supply! and Market Equilibrium (+ Appendix) 4 Elasticity 5 Market Failures: Public Goods and Externalities PART 3: MICROECONOMICS of PRODUCT MARKETS 6Consumer Behavior (+ Appendix) 7Businesses and the Costs of Production 8Pure Competition in the Short Run 9 Pure Competition in the Long Run 10Pure Monopoly 11Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly (+ Appendix) 11wTechnology! R&D! and Efficiency PART 4: MICROECONOMICS of RESOURCE MARKETS 12The Demand for Resources 13Wage Determination (+ Appendix) 14Rent! Interest! and Profit 15Natural Resource and Energy Economics PART 5: MICROECONOMICS of GOVERNMENT 16 Public Finance: Expenditures and Taxes 17 Asymmetric Information! Voting! and Public Choice PART 6: MICROECONOMIC ISSUES and POLICIES 18Antitrust Policy and Regulation 19Agriculture: Economics and Policy 20Income Inequality! Poverty! and Discrimination 21Health Care 22Immigration PART 7: GDP! GROWTH! AND INSTABILITY 23An Introduction to Macroeconomics 24 Measuring Domestic Output and National Income 25Economic Growth 26 Business Cycles! Unemployment! and Inflation PART 8: MACROECONOMIC MODELS and FISCAL POLICY 27 Basic Macroeconomic Relationships 28 The Aggregate Expenditures Model 29 Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply (+ Appendix) 30Fiscal Policy! Deficits! and Debt PART 9: MONEY! BANKING! and MONETARY POLICY 31 Money! Banking! and Financial Institutions 32Money Creation 33Interest Rates and Monetary Policy 34Financial Economics PART 10: EXTENSIONS and ISSUES 35Extending the Analysis of Aggregate Supply 36Current Issues in Macro Theory and Policy PART 11: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS 37International Trade 38The Balance of Payments! Exchange Rates! and Trade Deficits 39wThe Economics of Developing Countries OPTIONAL CONTENT FOR INSTRUCTORS(Available for instructors on the OLC) COI 1The United States and the Global Economy COI 2Previous International Exchange-Rate Systems ...
