Macroeconomics: principles, applications, and tools

✍ Scribed by O'Sullivan, Arthur;Perez, Stephen;Sheffrin, Steven M

• Publisher: Pearson
• Year: 2013;2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 385
• Series: Pearson custom library
• Edition: Eighth edition, Pearson new international edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

For Principles of Macroeconomics courses. For a complete multimedia book tour of Economics: Principles, Applications, & Tools, 8e Click Here. For a look at the Supply & Demand Chapter of this title, Click Here. Questions that drive interest, applications that illustrate concepts, and the tools to test and solidify comprehension. Students come into their first Economics course thinking they will gain a better understanding of the economy around them. Unfortunately, they often leave with many unanswered questions. To ensure students actively internalize economics, O'Sullivan/Sheffrin/Perez use chapter-opening questions to spark interest on important economic concepts, applications that vividly illustrate those concepts, and chapter-ending tools that test and solidify understanding.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 4
1. Introduction: What Is Economics?......Page 6
2. The Key Principles of Economics......Page 35
3. Exchange and Markets......Page 56
4. Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium......Page 74
5. Measuring a Nation’s Production and Income......Page 104
6. Unemployment and Inflation......Page 129
7. The Economy at Full Employment......Page 150
8. Why Do Economies Grow?......Page 170
9. Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply......Page 198
10. Fiscal Policy......Page 218
11. Investment and Financial Markets......Page 238
12. Money and the Banking System......Page 259
13. The Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy......Page 278
14. Modern Macroeconomics: From the Short Run to the Long Run......Page 298
15. The Dynamics of Inflation and Unemployment......Page 316
16. Macroeconomic Policy Debates......Page 334
17. The World of International Finance......Page 352
C......Page 376
D......Page 377
E......Page 378
G......Page 379
I......Page 380
M......Page 381
P......Page 382
S......Page 383
T......Page 384
Z......Page 385

✦ Subjects

Economics;Nonfiction;Business