Microeconomic Issues Today

Alternative Approaches

Robert B. Carson, Wade L. Thomas, Jason Hecht (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2002 | 7th New edition
M.E. Sharpe (Verlag)
978-0-7656-0839-0 (ISBN)

Infos

An exploration of modern microeconomics. It covers seven issues, including agriculture, consumer welfare, the environment, competition, deregulation, income distribution and fair taxation. The economic data in this seventh edition has been updated.

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This new updated edition covers seven current microeconomic issues, including agriculture, consumer welfare, the environment, competition, deregulation, income distribution, and fair taxation. The seventh edition has been updated to include current economic data, and an instructor's manual with a test bank and discussion questions is available to professors who adopt this book. In addition, PowerPoint downloads are available as teaching aids.

Inhalt

I. Introduction: Alternative Economic Philosophies: A Survey of Conservative, Liberal, and Radical Critiques II. Problems in the Marketplace Issue 1: Responding to Market Outcomes: Competition or Protection for American Agriculture? Issue 2: Consumer Welfare: Is the Consumer Sovereign or Exploited? Issue 3: Dealing with Externalities: How Can We Save the Environment? Issue 4: Imperfect Competition: What Should Our Policy Toward Big Business Be? Issue 5: Economic Regulation: Has Deregulation Worked? Issue 6: Income Distribution: How Successful Will Our Experiment with Welfare Reform Be? Issue 7: Financing Government: What Is a Fair System of Taxation? III. Conclusion

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.4.2002
• Zusatzinfo: figures, tables, index
• Verlagsort: Armonk
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie
• ISBN-10: 0-7656-0839-1 / 0765608391
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7656-0839-0 / 9780765608390
• Zustand: Neuware