Parkin, Michael, 1939-

Economics / Michael Parkin. - 9th ed. - Boston, Mass. ; London : Pearson Addison-Wesley, c2010. - xl, 784, [30] p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.

"Global edition"--Cover. Previous ed.: 2008. Includes index.

What is economics? -- The economic problem -- How markets work -- Demand and supply -- Elasticity -- Efficiency and equity -- Government actions in markets -- Global markets in action -- Households' choices -- Utility and demand -- Possibilities, preferences, and choices -- Firms and markets -- Organizing production -- Output and costs -- Perfect competition -- Monopoly -- Monopolistic competition -- Oligopoly -- Market failure and government -- Public choices and public goods -- Economics of the environment -- Factor markets, inequality, and uncertainty -- Markets for factors of production -- Economic inequality -- Uncertainty and information -- Monitoring macroeconomic performance -- Measuring GDP and economic growth -- Monitoring jobs and inflation -- Macroeconomic trends -- Economic growth -- Finance, saving, and investment -- Money, the price level, and inflation -- The exchange rate and the balance of payments -- Macroeconomic fluctuations -- Aggregate supply and aggregate demand -- Expenditure multipliers: the keynesian model -- U.S. inflation, unemployment, and business cycle -- Macroeconomic policy -- Fiscal policy -- Monetary policy.

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Economics.

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