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Economics, private and public choice /
Economics: Private and Public Choice is an aid for students and general readers to develop a sound economic reasoning. The book discusses several ways to economic thinking including six guideposts as follows: (i) scarce goods have costs; (ii) Decision-makers economize in their choices; (iii) Incenti...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Academic Press,
[1976]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Economics: Private and Public Choice; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Suggested Outlines for One-Semester Courses; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PART I: THE ECONOMIC WAY OF THINKING-AN INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. THE ECONOMIC APPROACH; WHAT IS ECONOMICS ABOUT?; MAN'S LOSING STRUGGLE WITH SCARCITY; THE ECONOMIC WAY OF THINKING; NORMATIVE AND POSITIVE ECONOMICS; LOOKING FOR ACTION?-TRY ECONOMICS; CHAPTER LEARNING OBJECTIVES; IMPORTANT TERMS TO REMEMBER; THE ECONOMIC WAY OF THINKING-DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; CHAPTER 2. SOME TOOLS OF THE ECONOMIST.
- Opportunity cost is the highest valued opportunity lostthe production possibilities curve; trade tips and comparative advantage; dependence, specialization, and exchange; three economizing decisions facing all nations: what, how, and for whom; two methods of making decisions-the market and government planning; looking ahead; chapter learning objectives; important terms to remember; the economic way of thinking-discussion questions; chapter 3. market decisions and the market process; scarcity necessitates rationing; consumer choice and the law of demand; producer's choice and the law of supply.
- Price and market equilibriumshifts in demand and advice on how to pass your first economics exam; shifts in supply; time and the adjustment process; supply and demand in action; repealing the laws of supply and demand; rationing and motivating, the two great attributes of the market; looking ahead; chapter learning objectives; important terms to remember; the economic way of thinking-discussion questions; chapter 4. a bird's-eye view of the public sector; ideal economic efficiency; why might the invisible hand fail?; government-a potential vehicle for gain.
- Redistribution-dividing the economic piethe market and the public sector-two methods of economic organization; conflicts between good economics and good politics; looking ahead; chapter learning objectives; important terms to remember; the economic way of thinking-discussion questions; chapter 5. taxes and government spending; what do federal, state, and local governments buy?; sources of tax revenues; the concept of incidence; who pays the tax bill?; the taxes others paid; looking ahead; chapter learning objectives; important terms to remember.
- The economic way of thinking-discussion questionspart ii: macroeconomics; chapter 6. taking the nation's economic pulse; the concept of the gnp; two ways of measuring gnp; gross national product or gross national cost?; five problems with gnp as a measuring rod; what the gnp does not measure; the great contribution of gnp; other related income measures; looking ahead; chapter learning objectives; important terms to remember; the economic way of thinking-discussion questions; chapter 7. unemployment, inflation, and business cycles; swings in the economic pendulum; a hypothetical business cycle.