TY  - BOOK
AU  - Riddell,Tom
AU  - Shackelford,Jean
AU  - Schneider,Geoffrey 
AU  - Stamos,Steve
TI  - Economics: a tool for critically understanding society.
SN  - 9780321423580
AV  - HB171.5.R43 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Pearson
N1  - Includes glossary and index; Contents: Economics as a social science -- Exploring the emerging global economy -- The evolution of economic systems -- Adam Smith,classical liberalism,and the division of labor -- Karl marx and the socialist critique of capitalism -- The rise and fall of laissez-faire in the U.S economy -- Scarcity:''you can't always get what you want'' -- The theory of markets -- Perfect competition and efficiency -- Noncompetitive markets and inefficiency -- Resource markets and the distrubution of income -- Corporation and labor union -- The economic role of government -- Macroeconomics:issue and problems -- Macroeconomic -- Macroeconomic theory:classical and Keynesian models -- Fiscal policy:government spending and taxation -- Financial markets,money,and monetary policy -- Aggregate demand and aggregate supply -- Unemployment,inflation,and stabilization policy in a global economy -- Internation trade and interdependence -- Internation finance -- The economics of developing nations -- Economies in transition
ER  -