The micro economy today /
Bradley R. Schiller, Cynthia Hill, Sherri Wall.
- 13th ed.
- New York, NY : McGraw-Hill/Irwin, c2013.
- 1 v. (various pagings) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
- The McGraw-Hill series economics .
Includes index.
The economic challenge -- Economics : the core issues -- The U.S. economy : a global view -- Supply and demand -- The role of government -- Product markets : the basics -- Consumer choice -- Elasticity -- The costs of production -- Market structure -- The competitive firm -- Competitive markets -- Monopoly -- Oligopoly -- Monopolistic competition -- Regulatory issues -- Natural monopolies : (de)regulation? -- Environmental protection -- The farm problem -- Factor markets : basic theory -- The labor market -- Labor unions -- Financial markets -- Distributional issues -- Taxes : equity versus efficiency -- Transfer payments : welfare and -- Social security -- International economics -- International trade -- International finance -- Global poverty -- Glossary G-1 -- Index I-1 -- Reference tables T-1.