TY - BOOK AU - Mankiw,N.Gregory TI - Principles of economics SN - 9788131517390 U1 - 330 PY - 2012/// CY - Andover, etc. PB - Cengage Learning KW - Economics N1 - Includes index; Pt. I. INTRODUCTION -- 1. Ten Principles of Economics -- 2. Thinking Like an Economist -- 3. Interdependence and the Gains from Trade -- Pt. II. HOW MARKETS WORK -- 4. The Market Forces of Supply and Demand -- 5. Elasticity and Its Application -- 6. Supply, Demand, and Government Policies -- Pt. III. MARKETS AND WELFARE -- 7. Consumers, Producers, and the Efficiency of Markets -- 8. Applications: The Costs of Taxation -- 9. Application: International Trade -- Pt. IV. THE ECONOMICS OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR -- 10. Externalities -- 11. Public Goods and Common Resources -- 12. The Design of the Tax System -- Pt. V. FIRM BEHAVIOR AND THE ORGANIZATION OF INDUSTRY -- 13. The Costs of Production -- 14. Firms in Competitive Markets -- 15. Monopoly. 16. Monopolistic Competition 17. Oligopoly -- Pt. VI. THE ECONOMICS OF THE LABOR MARKET -- 18. The Markets for the Factors of Production -- 19. Earnings and Discrimination -- 20. Income Inequality and Poverty -- Pt. VII. TOPICS FOR FURTHER STUDY -- 21. The Theory of Consumer Choice -- 22. Frontiers in Microeconomics -- Pt. VIII. THE DATA OF MACROECONOMICS -- 23. Measuring a Nation's Income -- 24. Measuring the Cost of Living -- Pt. IX. The real economy in the long run -- 25. Production and Growth -- 26. Saving, Investment, and the Financial System -- 27. Tools of Finance. 28. Unemployment and Its Natural Rate -- Pt. X. MONEY AND PRICES IN THE LONG RUN -- 29. The Monetary System. 30. Money Growth and Inflation -- Pt. XI. THE MACROECONOMICS OF OPEN ECONOMICS -- 31. Open-Economy Macroeconomics: Basic Concepts -- 32. A Macroeconomic Theory of the Open Economy -- Pt. XII. SHORT-RUN ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS -- 33. Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply -- 34. The Influence of Monetary and Fiscal Policy on Aggregate Demand -- 35. The Short-Run Tradeoff between Inflation and Unemployment -- Pt. XIII. FINAL THOUGHTS -- 36. Six Debates over Macroeconomic Policy N2 - Principles of Economics, Sixth Edition, became a best seller after its introduction and continues to be the most popular and widely used text in the economics classroom. Instructors found it the perfect complement to their teaching. A text by a superb writer and economist that stressed the most important concepts without overwhelming students with an excess of detail was a formula that was quickly imitated, but has yet to be matched. The sixth edition features a strong revision of content in all thirty-six chapters. Dozens of new applications emphasize the real-world relevance of economics for today's students through interesting news articles, realistic case studies, and engaging problems. The premier ancillary package is the most extensive in the industry, using a team of instructors/preparers that have been with the project since the first edition. The text material is again fully integrated into Aplia, the best-selling online homework solution ER -