Viva-Norton student edition : economics / Joseph E. Stiglitz and Carl E. Walsh

Contents includes

Part 1 Introduction
Modern Economics
Thinking Like an Economist

Part 2 Perfect Markets
Demand, Supply, and Price
Using Demand and Supply
The Consumption Decision
The Firm's Costs
The Competitive Firm
Labor Markets
Capital Markets
The Efficiency of Competitive Markets

Part 3 Imperfect Markets
Introduction to Imperfect Markets
Monopoly, Monopolistic Competition, and Oligopoly
Government Policies Toward Competition
Strategic Behavior • Imperfect Information in the Product Market
Imperfections in the Labor Market

Part 4 Issues In Public Policy
The Public Sector
Environmental Economics
International Trade and Trade Policy
Technological Change

Part 5 Introduction To Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics and the Economic Perspective
Measuring Output and Unemployment
The Cost of Living and Inflation

Part 6 Full-Employment Macroeconomics
The Full-Employment Model
Government Finance at Full Employment
The Open Economy at Full Employment
Growth and Productivity
Money, the Price Level and the Federal Reserve

Part 7 Macroeconomic Fluctuations
Introduction to Macroeconomic Fluctuations
Aggregate Expenditures and Income
Aggregate Demand and Inflation
The Federal Reserve and Interest Rates
The Role of Macroeconomic Policy

Part 8 The Global Economy
The International Financial System
Policy in the Open Economy
Development and Transition


Part 9 Further Topics In Macroeconomics
Inflation and Unemployment
Controversies in Macroeconomic Policy
A Student's Guide to Investing

Includes index