Tucker, Irvin B. <br/><br/>
Economics for today. / 
Irvin B. Tucker. 
 - 6th ed. 
 - Mason, OH:  South-Western Cengage Learning,   2010. 
 - xxxii, 845 p.:  col. ill. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents: 1. Introduction to economics: Introducing the economic way of thinking -- Production possibilities, opportunity cost and economic growth -- 2. Microeconomic fundamentals: Market demand and supply -- Markets in action -- Price elasticity of demand and supply -- Consumer choice theory -- Production costs -- 3. Market structures: Perfect competition -- Monopoly -- Monopolistic competition and oligopoly -- Labor markets -- 4. Microeconomic policy issues: Income distribution, poverty and discrimination -- Antitrust and regulation -- Environmental economics -- 5. Macroeconomic fundamentals: Gross domestic product -- Business cycles and unemployment -- Inflation -- 6. Macroeconomic theory and policy: The Keynesian model -- The Keynesian model in action -- Aggregate demand and supply -- Fiscal policy -- The Public sector -- Federal deficits, surpluses and the national debt -- 7. Money, banking and monetary policy: Money and the federal reserve system -- Money creation -- Monetary policy -- The Philips curve and expectations theory -- 8. The International economy: International trade and finance -- Economies in transition -- Growth and the less-developed countries --   
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780324591361 (student ed.) 0324591365 (student ed.) 9780324783810 (instructor's ed.) 0324783817 (instructor's ed.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008939441 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Economics.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Economic conditions--2001-2009.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HB171.5.T74 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>330