TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gwartney, James D.
TI  - Microeconomics: private and public choice 
SN  - 0123110653
AV  - HB 171 .5 .G963 1977
PY  - 1977///
CY  - New York, New York
PB  - Academic Press
KW  - Microeconomía
N1  - 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
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