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050			_aHB 172 .B74 1986
100			_aBreit, William _eauthor
245		0	_aReadings in microeconomics / _cWilliam Breit, Harold M. Hochman, and Edward Saueracker.
260			_aSt. Louis, Missouri : _bTimes Mirror/Mosby College Publishing, _cc1986
300			_avi, 481 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505			_aPart 1. Nature and method of economics -- Part 2. Demand and supply -- Part 3. Recent Advances in the theory of resource allocation -- Part 4. Theory of market structures -- Part 5. General Equilibrium, welfare, and allocation.
520			_aPrice theory, unlike Picassos, chamber music, or giraffes, is not to be admired for its own sake. Rather, it is something utilitarian, like hammers, screwdrivers, and wrenches, that makes up, in Mrs. Joan Robinson's apposite phrase, "a box of tools." The purpose of this book is to familiarize the student with these tools as they are used by the professional economist. This has long held true for traditional policy issues, such as poverty and income distribution, or the explanation of such otherwise mysterious values as the price of caviar. In recent years, however, the instrumental power of microeconomics has been demonstrated through applications to such social problems as crime and environmental pollution, and to the provision of public goods and human resource development.
650			_aMICROECONOMICS
700			_aHochman, Harold M. _eco-author
700			_aSaueracker, Edward _eco-author
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