TY - BOOK AU - AU - TI - Fundamentals of economics. SN - 9780538481212 AV - HB171.5.B69 PY - 2012/// CY - London PB - South-Western KW - Economics N1 - Includes index; Contents: Economics and the world around you -- Markets and the market process -- The free market versus government interference -- The firm and the consumer -- Costs and profit maximization -- Competition -- Business, society and the government -- Government intervention versus free market -- An overview of the national and international economics -- Macroeconomic measures -- Unemployment, inflation nd business cycles -- Fiscal policy -- Money and banking -- Monetary policy -- Macroeconomic policy , busienss cycles and growth -- Issues in international trade and finance -- Globalization -- ER -