Economics /
by Richard G Lipsey
- 14th ed.
- UK: Oxford University Press, 2021.
- xiii,614p.; 27cm.
OUTLINE CONTENTS Why study economics? New to this edition How to use this book How to use the Online Resources Approaches to studying economics Acknowledgements MICROECONOMICS 1 What is Economics about? PART ONE CONSUMER MARKETS 2 Demand and supply 3 Consumer choice: indifference theory PART TWO DECISION MAKING BY FIRMS 4 The cost structure of firms 5 Perfect competition 6 Monopoly 7 Imperfect competition PART THREE INPUT MARKETS AND THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENTS 8 Demand and supply of inputs 9 The labour market 10 Capital, investment, and new technology 11 Successes and failures of markets 12 The role of government MACROECONOMICS PART FOUR MACROECONOMICS: ISSUES AND FRAMEWORK 13 Issues for the aggregate economy 14 A basic model of the determination of GDP in the short term 15 GDP in an open economy with government 16 Money and monetary institutions VI OUTLINE CONTENTS 17 The money market 18 GDP in a onetary economy with a constant price level 19.GDP in a monetary economy with a variable price level 20 GDP with credible inflation targeting PART FIVE MACROECONOMICS OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY 21 Business cycles, unemployment, and inflation 22 Currency values and external payments 23 Economic growth and sustainability 24 International trade 25 Economics of developing countries