Microeconomics Principles and Policy 13th edition by William Baumol, Alan Blinder 130528061X 9781305280618

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ISBN 10: 130528061X
ISBN 13: 9781305280618

Author: William J. Baumol; Alan S. Blinder

Take a policy-based approach to teaching introductory economics with Baumol/Blinder’s MICROECONOMICS: PRINCIPLES AND POLICY, 13E. Written by two of the most respected economists in the world, this edition is one of the most current economics texts on the market with data drawn from 2014. Significant updates reflect the most recent economic events and policy developments, which the authors skillfully relate to the book’s concepts and principles using the right level of rigor and detail. A new chapter on U.S. economic leadership assesses the prospects for future U.S. growth and leadership, based on a discussion of our strengths and weaknesses in key areas, such as productivity, innovation, entrepreneurship, health care, education, inequality, trade, the budget deficit, and climate change.

Table of contents:

Part 1. Getting Acquainted with Economics

1. What Is Economics?
2. The Economy: Myth and Reality
3. The Fundamental Economic Problem: Scarcity and Choice
4. Supply and Demand: An Initial Look

Part 2. The Building Blocks of Demand and Supply
5. Consumer Choice: Individual and Market Demand
6. Demand and Elasticity
7. Production, Inputs, and Cost: Building Blocks for Supply Analysis
8. Output, Price, and Profit: The Importance of Marginal Analysis
9. Securities, Business Finance, and the Economy: The Tail that Wags the Dog?

Part 3. Markets and the Price System
10. The Firm and the Industry under Perfect Competition
11. Monopoly
12. Between Competition and Monopoly
13. Limiting Market Power: Regulation and Antitrust

Part 4. The Virtues and Limitations of Markets
14. The Case for Free Markets: The Price System
15. The Shortcomings of Free Markets
16. Externalities, the Environment, and Natural Resources
17. Taxation and Resource Allocation

Part 5. The Distribution of Income
18. Pricing the Factors of Production
19. Labor and Entrepreneurship: The Human Inputs
20. Poverty, Inequality, and Discrimination

Part 6. The United States in the World Economy
21. International Trade and Comparative Advantage
22. Is U.S. Economic Leadership Threatened?

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