The greatest explainers of economics tackle the one-semester course.Paul Krugman and Robin Wells’ signature story style helps one-semester Survey course students understand how economic concepts play out in our world. This new edition of Essentials of Economics has been revised and enhanced throughout, and now offers holistic digital learning tools as part of Achieve, a complete, integrated online learning system. Achieve is the culmination of years of development work put toward creating the most powerful online learning tool for students. It houses all of our renowned assessments, multimedia assets, e-books, and instructor resources in a powerful new platform.
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The greatest explainers of economics tackle the one-semester course.Paul Krugman and Robin Wells’ signature story style helps one-semester Survey course students understand how economic concepts play out in our world.
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Part 1 What Is Economics?.- 1 First Principles.- 2 Economic Models: Trade-offs and Trade.- Appendix: Graphs in Economics.- Part 2 Supply and Demand.- 3 Supply and Demand.- 4 Price Controls and Quotas: Meddling with Markets.- Part 3 The Production Decision.- 6 Behind the Supply Curve: Inputs and Costs.- 7 Perfect Competition and the Supply Curve.- Part 4 Beyond Perfect Competition.- 8 Monopoly.- 9 Oligopoly and Monopolistic Competition.- Part 5 Microeconomics and Public Policy.- 10 Externalities and Public Goods.- 11 Poverty, Inequality, and the Welfare State.- Part 6 Introduction to Macroeconomics.- 12 Macroeconomics: The Big Picture.- 13 GDP and the CPI: Tracking the Macroeconomy.- 14 Unemployment and Inflation.- Part 7 Economic Growth and Fluctuations.- 15 Long-Run Economic Growth.- 16 Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply.- Part 8 Stabilization Policy.- 17 Fiscal Policy.- 18 Money, Banking, and the Federal Reserve System.- 19 Monetary Policy.- Part 9 The International Economy.- 20 International Trade, Capital Flows, and Exchange Rates.- Solutions to Check Your Understanding Questions.- Glossary.- Index.
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The greatest explainers of economics tackle the one-semester course.Nobel prize winning economist Paul Krugman and his co-author Robin Wells have explained economics to millions of people across the world through their signature storytelling style and rich examples. This text will help you truly understand how Micro- and Macroeconomic concepts play out in our world.
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Compelling chapter-opening stories are revisited throughout the text to engage students.Business Cases for each section, spanning a wide range of companies,Work it Out skill-building interactive activities available in Achieve
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781319221317
Publisert
2019-12-19
Utgave
5. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Worth Publishers Inc.,U.S.
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
704

Biographical note

Paul Krugman, recipient of the 2008 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, taught at Princeton University for 14 years. In 2015, he joined the faculty of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He received his BA from Yale and his PhD from MIT. Before Princeton, he taught at Yale, Stanford, and MIT. He also spent a year on the staff of the Council of Economic Advisers in 1982–1983. His research has included trailblazing work on international trade, economic geography, and currency crises. In 1991, Krugman received the American Economic Association’s John Bates Clark medal. In addition to his teaching and academic research, Krugman writes extensively for nontechnical audiences. He is a regular op-ed columnist for the New York Times. 
Robin Wells was a lecturer and researcher in Economics at Princeton University, where she has taught undergraduate courses. She received her BA from the University of Chicago and her PhD from the University of California, Berkeley; she then did her postdoctoral work at MIT. She has taught at the University of Michigan, the University of Southampton (United Kingdom), Stanford, and MIT.