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Introductory economics /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Academic Press,
�1981.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Introductory Economics; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Part I: Tools and Problems; Chapter 1. Macroeconomic Problems; WHAT IS ECONOMICS?; MACROVERSUS MICROECONOMICS; MACROECONOMICS GOALS AND PROBLEMS; THE GREAT DEPRESSION; THE FORTIES; THE FIFTIES; THE SIXTIES; THE PHILLIPSCURVE; THE SEVENTIES; WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PHILLIPS CURVE?; THE EIGHTIES AND BEYOND; SUMMARY; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; TEST YOURSELF; Chapter 2. Supply and Demand; THE CONCEPT OF DEMAND; THE DEMAND CURVE; THE CONCEPT OF SUPPLY; THESUPPLYCURVE; CHANGES IN SUPPLY; THE MARKET AT WORK; SOME APPLICATIONS.
- INFLATION: A PREVIEWREVIEW OF MARKET ACTIONS; SUMMARY; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; TEST YOURSELF; Chapter 3. TheProblemofUnemployment; THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE; THE LABOR MARKET; CYCLICAL UNEMPLOYMENT; STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT; FRICTIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE; THE GOA LOF FULL EMPLOYMENT; HOW SERIOUS IS THE UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM?; SUMMARY; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; TEST YOURSELF; Chapter 4. Understanding Inflation; WHAT IS INFLATION?; THE INFLATION RECORD; ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF INFLATION; THE ROLE OF EXPECTATIONS; WINNERS AND LOSERS; THE POWER OF COMPOUND INFLATION; COPING WITH INFLATION.
- MEASURING INFLATIONTHREE INFLATIONM EASURES; REAL VERSUS NOMINAL VALUES; SUMMARY; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; TEST YOURSELF; Part 2: A Simple Model of the Economy; Chapter 5. Measuring Economic Activity; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; GNP AS A MEASURE OF WELL-BEING; THREE VIEWS OF GNP; A GRAIN OF SALT; REAL GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; PER CAPITA RGNP; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS; SUMMARY; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; TEST YOURSELF; Chapter 6. Aggregate Demand; SPENDING AND INCOME; MACROECONOMIC EQUILIBRIUM; CONSUMPTION SPENDING; INVESTMENT SPENDING; GOVERNMENT SPENDING; NET EXPORT SPENDING; THE AGGREGATE DEMAND CURVE.
- CHANGES IN AGGREGATE DEMANDSLOPE OF THE AD CURVE; APPENDIX: THE KEYNESIAN 45-DEGREE-LINE MODEL; SUMMARY; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; TEST YOURSELF; Chapter 7. AggregateSupply and the Economy; AGGREGATESUPPLY; THE AGGREGATE SUPPLY CURVE; CHANGES IN AGGREGATE SUPPLY; MACROECONOMIC EQUILIBRIUM; INVENTORY ADJUSTMENTS; CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT; CAUSES OF INFLATION; THE OLD-TIME RELIGION; WAGE AND PRICE CONTROLS; INDEXATION; INCREASING AGGREGATE SUPPLY; WINNERS AND LOSERS FROM ECONOMIC POLICIES; SUMMARY; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; TEST YOURSELF; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; Chapter 8. Fiscal Policy.
- THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENTGOVERNMENT SPENDING; THE MULTIPLIER; THE MULTIPLIER IN THE REAL WORLD; TAXES; THE BALANCED-BUDGET MULTIPLIER; DIFFERENT TYPES OF TAXES; THE TOTAL TAX BURDEN; TAX EXPENDITURES; TRANSFER PAYMENTS; AUTOMATIC STABILIZERS; ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF FISCAL POLICIES; DEFICIT SPENDING AND THE NATIONAL DEBT; SUMMARY; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; TEST YOURSELF; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; Part 3:Money, Credit, and the Economy; Chapter 9. MoneyandBanking; THE MONEYSUPPLY; MONEY SUBSTITUTES; THE INTERESTRATE; MONEY AND BANKS; FRACTIONAL-RESERVE BANKING; HOW BANKS 'CREATE""MONEY; THEFED.