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050 | _aHB171.5.R43 | ||
100 | _aRiddell,Tom | ||
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_aEconomics: a tool for critically understanding society. / _cRiddell Tom |
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_aBoston: _bPearson, _c2008 |
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_axxviii,585p.: _bill.; _c24cm. |
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500 | _aIncludes glossary and index | ||
505 | _aContents: 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 | ||
700 | _aShackelford,Jean | ||
700 | _aSchneider,Geoffrey | ||
700 | _aStamos,Steve | ||
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