Economics / Paul Wonnacott, Ronald Wonnacott



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1986

Economics / Paul Wonnacott, Ronald Wonnacott

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This book builds a foundation of basic economic ideas while with effort to present current material on the major policy issues of our time.

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Title
Economics / Paul Wonnacott, Ronald Wonnacott
Creators
  • Wonnacott, Paul
Subject
  • Economics
Publisher
  • McGraw-Hill, 1986
  • National Library Board Singapore, 1986
Contributors
  • Wonnacott, Ronald J. (Ronald Johnston)
Digital Description
application/pdf, ill.
Table of Contents
  • the market mechanism. 5. The economic role of government. 6. Business organization and finance -- pt. Two. High employment and a stable price level. 7. Measuring national product and national income. 8 Fluctuations in economic activity : unemployment and inflation. 9. Explaining unemployment and inflation : aggregate supply and aggregate demand. 10 Equilibrium with unemployment : the keynesian approach -- pt. Three. Aggregate demand policies. 11. Fiscal policy. 12. Money and the banking system. 13. The federal reserve and monetary policy -- pt. Four. Great macroeconomic issues of our time. 14. Monetary policy and fiscal policy : which is the key to aggregate demand?. 15. Fine tuning or stable policy setting?. 16. Aggregate supply : how can inflation and unemployment coexist?. 17. How do we adjust to inflation?. 18. Productivity and growth : why have they been disappointing?. 19. Fixed or flexible exchange rates? -- pt. Five. Microeconomic : is our output produced efficiently?. 20. Demand and supply : the concept of elasticity. 21. Demand. 22. Costs and perfectly competitive supply : the short run. 23. Costs and perfectly competitive supply : the long run. 24. Perfect competition and economic efficiency. 25. Monopoly. 26. Markets between monopoly and perfect competition -- pt. Six. Economic efficiency : issues of our time. 27. How much should the government regulate business?. 28. Protecting the environment in a growing economy : how should pollution be limited?. 29. Natural resources : are we using them at the right rate?. 30. Public goods : what should the government provide?. 31. What are the gains from international trade?. 32. International trade : policy debates -- pt. Seven. Microeconomics : how income is distributed. 33. Wages in a perfectly competitive economy. 34. Wages in imperfectly competitive labor markets. 35. Other incomes. 36. Income inequality. 37. Government policies to reduce inequality : can we solve the poverty problem?. 38. Marxism and marxist economies -- Glossary -- Biography -- Photo credits -- Index.
Edition
  • 3rd ed., International ed.
Copyright
  • All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.