TY - BOOK AU - Colander,David C. TI - Economics / SN - 9780071287753 (international student ed.) U1 - 330 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Boston, [Mass.] ; , London : PB - McGraw-Hill/Irwin, KW - Economics KW - Management and Business Studies KW - blcoll N1 - Previous ed.: 2006; Includes index; Economics and Economic Reasoning -- The Production Possibility Model, Trade, and Globalization -- Economic institutions -- Supply and Demand -- Using Supply and DemandII: MicroeconomicsI: Microeconomics: The Basics -- Describing Supply and Demand: Elasticities -- Taxation and Government InterventionII: Foundations of Supply and Demand -- The Logic of Individual Choice: The Foundation of Supply and Demand -- Production and Cost Analysis -- Production and Cost Analysis IIIII: Market Structure -- Perfect Competition -- Monopoly -- Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly IV: Real World Competition -- Game Theory, Strategic Decisions Marking,and Behavioral Economics -- Real-World Competition and Technology -- Antitrust Policy and RegulationV: Factor Markets -- Work and the Labor Market -- Non wage and Asset Income: Rents, Profits, and Interest -- Who Gets What? The Distribution of IncomeV: Applying Economic Reasoning to Policy -- Government Policy and Market Failures -- Politics and Economics: The Case of Agriculture Markets -- Microeconomic Policy, Economic Reasoning, and Beyond -- International Trade Policy, Comparative Advantage, and OutsourcingIII: MacroeconomicsI: Macroeconomic Problems -- Economic Growth, Business Cycles, Unemployment, and Inflation -- National Income AccountingII: The Macroeconomic Framework -- Growth, Productivity, and the Wealth of Nations -- Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply, and Modern Macroeconomics -- The Multiplier ModelIII: Money, Inflation, and Monetary Policy -- Money, Banking, and the Financial Sector -- Monetary Policy and the Debate about Macro Policy -- Inflation and Its Relationship to Unemployment and Growth IV: Macro Policy in Perspective -- Aggregate Demand Policy in Perspective -- Politics, Deficits,and Debt -- Macro Policies in Developing Countries V: International Policy Issues -- International Financial Policy -- Macro Policy in a Global Setting N2 - Written in an informal colloquial style, this student-friendly "Principles of Economics" textbook does not sacrifice intellectual depth in its quest for accessibility. The author's primary concern is to instill "economic sensibility" in the student. Colander emphasizes the intellectual and historical context to which the economic models are applied. The seventh edition has been significantly revised to make it simpler, shorter, more organized and more applicable to the real world ER -