TY - BOOK AU - Slavin,Stephen L. TI - Economics SN - 0072374098 [paperback] PY - 2002/// CY - Boston, Mass. PB - McGraw-Hill Irwin KW - Economics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents: 1: A brief economic history of the United States -- 2: Resources utilization -- 3: Supply and demand -- 4: The mixed economy -- 5: The household-consumption sector -- 6: The business-investment sector -- 7: The government sector -- 8: The export-import sector -- 9: Gross domestic product -- 10: Economic fluctuation, unemployment, and inflation -- 11: Classical and Keynesian economics -- 12: Fiscal policy and the national debt -- 13: Money and banking -- 14: The federal reserve and monetary policy -- 15: Twentieth-century economics -- 16: Economics growth and productivity -- 17: Demand, supply, and equilibrium -- 18: The elasticities of demand and supply -- 19: Theory of consumer behavior -- 20: Cost -- 21: Profit maximization -- 22: Perfect competition -- 23: Monopoly -- 24: Monopolistic competition -- 25: Oligopoly -- 26: Corporate mergers and antitrust -- 27: Demand in the factor market -- 28: Labor unions -- 29: Labor markets and wage rates -- 30: Rent, interest, and profit -- 31: Income distribution and poverty -- 32: International trade -- 33: International finance UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/mh021/2001034547.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/mh021/2001034547.html ER -