The Economy Today

12 Rev ed
ISBN: 978-0-07-016559-5
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe

Buch, Englisch, 896 Seiten, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 274 mm, Gewicht: 1712 g

Brad Schiller's text, The Economy Today, 12e, is noted for three great strengths: readability, policy orientation, and pedagogy. His accessible writing style engages students and brings some of the excitement of domestic and global economic news into the classroom. Schiller emphasizes how policymakers must choose between government intervention and market reliance to resolve the core issues of what, how, and for whom to produce. This strategic choice is highlighted throughout the full range of micro, macro, and international issues, and every chapter ends with a policy issue that emphasizes the markets vs. government dilemma. Schiller teaches economics in a relevant context, filling his chapters with the real facts and applications of economic life. Schiller is also the only principles text that presents all macro theory in the single consistent context of the AS/AD framework.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schiller, Bradley R.

Schiller, Bradley

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftsstatistik, Demographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 The Economic Challenge

Chapter 1 Economics: The Core Issues

Appendix: Using Graphs

Chapter 2 The U.S. Economy: A Global View

Chapter 3 Supply and Demand

Chapter 4 The Role of Government

Part 2 Measuring Macro Outcomes

Chapter 5 National-Income Accounting

Chapter 6 Unemployment

Chapter 7 Inflation

Part 3 Cyclical Instability

Chapter 8 The Business Cycle

Chapter 9 Aggregate Demand

Appendix: The Keynesian Cross

Chapter 10 Self-Adjustment or Instability?

Part 4 Fiscal Policy Tools

Chapter 11 Fiscal Policy

Chapter 12 Deficits and Debt

Part 5 Monetary Policy Options

Chapter 13 Money and Banks

Chapter 14 The Federal Reserve System

Chapter 15 Monetary Policy

Part 6 Supply-Side Options

Chapter 16 Supply-Side Policy: Short-run Options

Chapter 17 Growth and Productivity: Long-run Possibilities

Part 7 Policy Constraints

Chapter 18 Theory versus Reality

Part 8 Product Markets: The Basics

Chapter 19 Consumer Demand

Appendix: Indifference Curves

Chapter 20 The Costs of Production

Part 9 Market Structure

Chapter 21 The Competitive Firm

Chapter 22 Competitive Markets

Chapter 23 Monopoly

Chapter 24 Oligopoly

Chapter 25 Monopolistic Competition

Part 10 Regulatory Issues

Chapter 26 (De)Regulation of Business

Chapter 27 Environmental Protection

Chapter 28 The Farm Problem

Part 11 Factor Markets: Basic Theory

Chapter 29 The Labor Market

Chapter 30 Labor Unions

Chapter 31 Financial Markets

Part 12 Distributional Issues

Chapter 32 Taxes: Equity versus Efficiency

Chapter 33 Transfer Payments: Welfare and Social Security

Part 13 International Economics

Chapter 34 International Trade

Chapter 35 International Finance

Chapter 36 Global Poverty

Über Autor(innen)

Schiller, Bradley
Bradley R. Schiller has over four decades of experience teaching introductory economics at American University, the University of California (Berkeley and Santa Cruz), the University of Maryland, and the University of Nevada (Reno). He has given guest lectures at more than 300 colleges ranging from Fresno, California, to Istanbul, Turkey. Dr. Schillers unique contribution to teaching is his ability to relate basic principles to current socioeconomic problems, institutions, and public policy decisions. This perspective is evident throughout Essentials of Economics. Dr. Schiller derives this policy focus from his extensive experience as a Washington consultant. He has been a consultant to most major federal agencies, many congressional committees, and political candidates. In addition, he has evaluated scores of government programs and helped design others. His studies of income inequality, poverty, discrimination, training programs, tax reform, pensions, welfare, Social Security, and lifetime wage patterns have appeared in both professional journals and popular media. Dr. Schiller is also a frequent commentator on economic policy for television, radio, and newspapers. Dr. Schiller received his PhD from Harvard and his BA degree, with great distinction, from the University of California (Berkeley). When not teaching, writing, or consulting, Professor Schiller is typically on a tennis court, schussing down a ski slope, or enjoying the crystal blue waters of Lake Tahoe.

Bradley R. Schiller has over four decades of experience teaching introductory economics at the University of Nevada, American University, the University of California (Berkeley and Santa Cruz), and the University of Maryland. He has given guest lectures at more than 300 colleges ranging from Fresno, California, to Istanbul, Turkey. Dr. Schiller’s unique contribution to teaching is his ability to relate basic principles to current socioeconomic problems, institutions, and public policy decisions. This perspective is evident throughout The Economy Today.