Basic microeconomics / William J. Baumol, Alan S. Blinder and John L. Solow

By:

Baumol, William J [author]

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Singapore : Cengage Learning Asia Pte Ltd, c2022Edition: Philippine EditionDescription: viii, 366 pages ; 26 cmISBN:

9789814986519

Subject(s):

MICROECONOMICS

LOC classification:

HB 172 .B38 2022

Contents:

Chapter 1. What is Economics? -- Chapter 2. The Fundamental Economic Problem: Scarcity and choice -- Chapter 3. Supply and Demand An Initial Look -- Chapter 4. Consumer Choice: Individual and Market Demand -- Chapter 5. Demand and Elasticity -- Chapter 6. Output, Price and Profit: The Importance of Marginal Analysis -- Chapter 7. The Firm and the industry under perfect competition -- Chapter 8. The case for free markets: the price system -- Chapter 9. Monopoly -- Chapter 10. Between competition and monopoly -- Chapter 11. Taxation and Resource Allocation -- Chapter 12. Pricing the factors of Production -- Chapter 13. Labor and Enterpreneurship: The Human Inputs -- Chapter 14. International Trade and Comparative Advantage.

Summary: Economics is a broad-ranging discipline, both in the questions it asks and the methods it uses to seek answer. Many of the world's most pressing problems are economic in nature. The first part of this chapter gives you some idea of the sorts of issues that economic analysis helps to clarify and the kinds of solutions that economic principles suggest. The second part briefly introduces some tools that economist use. You are likely to find some of these tools useful in your career, personal life, and role as an informed citizen, long after this course is over.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Economics is a broad-ranging discipline, both in the questions it asks and the methods it uses to seek answer. Many of the world's most pressing problems are economic in nature. The first part of this chapter gives you some idea of the sorts of issues that economic analysis helps to clarify and the kinds of solutions that economic principles suggest. The second part briefly introduces some tools that economist use. You are likely to find some of these tools useful in your career, personal life, and role as an informed citizen, long after this course is over.

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