Economics is everywhere
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Economics is everywhere
McGraw-Hill/Irwin, c2006
2nd ed
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Includes index
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Description
The purpose of Economics Is Everywhere by Daniel S. Hamermesh is to illustrate the wide range of daily activities to which an economic way of thinking can be applied. The 400 vignettes were inspired by news stories, television shows, movies, music, family events, and other facets of daily life. Some vignettes were suggested by students or colleagues. The book is organized into three parts to follow the topical arrangement of a typical introductory microeconomic textbook.These vignettes apply what students learn in their introductory microeconomics textbook. They focus on the student's ability to apply formal analysis with myriad of examples that come out of their daily activities. After studying this applications/issues book, students will be able to read a newspaper or magazine and understand their own daily activities in a new, economic way--and as a result, understand the economics at work around them.
Table of Contents
Introduction. Thinking About Economics EverywherePart I.Trade-Offs, Demand and Supply, and the ConsumerChapter 1.Trade-offs and Opportunity CostChapter 2.Demand and Supply CurvesChapter 3.Demand and Supply Together-Quantity and Price in Unrestricted MarketsChapter 4.Demand and Supply-Quantity and Price in Restricted MarketsChapter 5.The Consumer-Elasticity and IncentivesChapter 6.The Consumer-How to ChooseTips on Hunting for Economics Everywhere in Part IPart II.Costs, Production, and MarketsChapter 7.Cost and ProductionChapter 8.The Firm in the Short Run-Fixed and Variable CostsChapter 9.Competitive Markets in the Long RunChapter 10.Competitive Markets-Responses to ShocksChapter 11.Social OptimaChapter 12.Monopoly and Monopolistic CompetitionChapter 13.Price DiscriminationChapter 14.Oligopoly (including Game Theory)Tips on Hunting for Economics Everywhere in Part IIPart III.Input Markets, the Public Sector, and International MarketsChapter 15.Present Value and DiscountingChapter 16.Wage DifferencesChapter 17.Labor Market Behavior and PovertyChapter 18.Externalities, Public Goods, and Property RightsChapter 19.Taxes and Public ExpendituresChapter 20.International EconomicsTips on Hunting for Economics Everywhere in Part IIIGlossary/Index (combined)
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