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1 online resource (116 pages) |
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Essentials Study Guides ; v. 1 |
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Essentials Study Guides
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| Contents |
These "Little Books" have rescued lots of grades and more!; Title Page; Copyright Page; What REA's Essentials® Will Do for You; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1 -- INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS; 1.1 WHAT IS ECONOMICS?; 1.2 ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; 1.3 THE ECONOMIC WAY OF THINKING; 1.4 IMPORTANT ECONOMIC CONCEPTS AND TERMS (NOT ELSEWHERE DEFINED); CHAPTER 2 -- THE ECONOMIC PROBLEM; 2.1 UNIVERSALITY OF THE PROBLEM OF SCARCITY; 2.2 UNIVERSAL PROBLEMS CAUSED BY SCARCITY; 2.3 UNIVERSAL ECONOMIC GOALS; 2.4 PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES CURVE; CHAPTER 3 -- DEMAND AND SUPPLY; 3.1 DEMAND; 3.2 SUPPLY; 3.3 MARKET EQUILIBRIUM |
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3.4 shifts in demand3.5 shifts in supply; 3.6 price controls; chapter 4 -- economic systems; 4.1 types of systems; 4.2 circular flow; 4.3 how a market economy works; 4.4 adam smith and the wealth of nations; 4.5 conditions that must be met for a market economy to achieve allocative and technical efficiency; 4.6 aptness of the market economy model; chapter 5 -- the private sector of the american economy; 5.1 households; 5.2 types of business organization; 5.3 distribution of incoiuie and wealth; chapter 6 -- the public sector in the american economy; 6.1 government spending; 6.2 taxes |
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6.3 CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD TAX6.4 PRINCIPLES OF TAXATION; 6.5 DEFICITS, SURPLUSES, AND THE PUBLIC DEBT; 6.6 ROLE OF GOVERNMENT; CHAPTER 7 -- GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; 7.1 MEASURING GNP; 7.2 NOMINAL vs. REAL VALUES; 7.3 PROBLEMS WITH MEASURING GNP; 7.4 COMPONENTS OF GNP AND GNI; 7.5 OTHER MEASURES OF INCOME; CHAPTER 8 -- MACROECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY; 8.1 THE BUSINESS CYCLE; 8.2 UNEMPLOYMENT; 8.3 INFLATION; CHAPTER 9 -- MACROECONOMIC MODELS; 9.1 WHAT A GOOD MACROECONOMIC MODEL SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO; 9.2 THE CLASSICAL MODEL; 9.3 THE KEYNESIAN MODEL (INCOMEEXPENDITURE MODEL) |
| Summary |
REA's Essentials provide quick and easy access to critical information in a variety of different fields, ranging from the most basic to the most advanced. As its name implies, these concise, comprehensive study guides summarize the essentials of the field covered. Essentials are helpful when preparing for exams, doing homework and will remain a lasting reference source for students, teachers, and professionals. Macroeconomics I includes economic problems, demand and supply, economic systems, the private sector, the public sector, gross national product, macroeconomic problems, and macroeconomi |
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"The ESSENTIALS" of ACCOUNTING & BUSINESSThese "Little Books" have rescued lots of grades and more! |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780738670980 |
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0738670987 |
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