Microeconomics : private and public choice /
James D. Gwartney.
- New York, New York : Academic Press, 1977.
- xvii, 389 páginas : ilustraciones, fotografías, gráficas a color y blanco y negro ; 23 cm.
Preface, xiii -- Acknowledgments, xvii -- I. The economic way of thinking-an introduction, 3 -- 1. The economic approach, 3 -- 2. Some tools of the economist, 16 -- 3. Market decisions and the market process, 32 -- 4. A bird's-eye view of the public sector, 52 -- II. Microeconomics, 73 -- 5. Demand and consumer choice, 73 -- 6. Costs and producer decisions, 94 -- 7. The firm under pure competition, 113 -- 8. Monopolistic competition, product differentiation, and low barriers to entry, 129 -- 9. Monopoly and high barriers to entry, 144 -- 10. Oligopoly and the World of Big Business, 166 -- 11. Business structure, competition, and public policy, 184 -- III. Factor markets and income distribution, 205 -- 12. The supply and demand of productive resources, 205 -- 13. Earnings and the job market, 219 -- 14. Union power-a shield or a threat?, 234 -- 15. Inequality, income mobility, and poverty, 254 -- 16. Employment discrimination and the earnings of blacks and women, 274 -- IV. Public choice, 295 -- 17. Problem areas for the market, 295 -- 18. Public choice and gaining from government, 315 -- 19. The economics of government failure, 332 -- V. Capitalism and socialism, 351 -- 20. Comparative economic systems, 351 -- Appendix. A graphic look at economics, 369 -- Suggestions for additional reading, 373 -- Hints for answering discussion questions, 379 -- Index, 385.