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McConnell and Brue’s Microeconomics: Principles, Problems, and Policies is the leading Principles of Economics textbook because it is innovative and teaches students in a clear, unbiased way. The 17th Edition builds upon the tradition of leadership by sticking to 3 main goals: help the beginning student master the principles essential for understanding the economizing problem, specific economic issues, and the policy alternatives; help the student understand and apply the economic perspective and reason accurately and objectively about economic matters; and promote a lasting student interest in economics and the economy. Students that choose the VitalBook version of this title have access to powerful digital learning tools. Students can share notes with others, customize the appearance and layout of the content, and organize all their digital course materials from a single program. VitalSource is a downloadable eBook. Students can install their eBook on up to two machines. Students can also print sections of the book for maximum portability.
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Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- 1 Limits, Alternatives, and Choices
- 2 The Market System and the Circular Flow
- 3 Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium
- 4 The U.S. Economy: Private and Public Sectors
- 5 The United States in the Global Economy
- 6 Extensions of Demand and Supply Analysis
- 7 Consumer Behavior and Utility Maximization
- 8 The Costs of Production
- 9 Pure Competition
- 10 Pure Monopoly
- 11 Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly
- 12 Technology, R&D, and Efficiency
- 13 The Demand for Resources
- 14 Wage Determination
- 15 Rent, Interest, and Profit
- 15 WEB Natural Resource and Energy Economics
- 16 Government and Market Failure
- 17 Public Choice Theory and the Economics of Taxation
- 18 Antitrust Policy and Regulation
- 19 Agriculture: Economics and Policy
- 20 Income Inequality and Poverty
- 21 The Economics of Health Care
- 22 Labor Market Institutions and Issues: Unionism, Discrimination, Immigration
- 23 International Trade
- 24 Exchange Rates, the Balance of Payments, and Trade Deficits
- Glossary
- Credits
- Index
