Microeconomics for Today - Softcover

Tucker, Irvin B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1133435068 ISBN 13: 9781133435068

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

Help today's learner visualize microeconomics in action with the most pedagogically rich, complete book available--Tucker's MICROECONOMICS FOR TODAY, Seventh Edition. A quick look at this engaging, dynamic text will show you why this is the book that is famous for helping readers at all levels of skill and preparation grasp and master microeconomic principles. Written by an award-winning educator recognized for his work in relating basic economic principles to global issues, Irvin Tucker's MICROECONOMICS FOR TODAY continues its unique textual and visual learning system. This edition concisely presents and reinforces core concepts, then immediately assesses student comprehension. You will find the latest microeconomic information and developments presented in an engaging, easy-to-follow format applicable to everyday life. MICROECONOMICS FOR TODAY, Seventh Edition, provides a full complement of instructor resources, including a handy Instructor's Resource CD, new PowerPoint(r) slides, and optional CourseMate website and complete array of videos.

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Review:

Part I. INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS. 1. Introducing the Economic Way of Thinking. Appendix. Applying Graphs to Economics. 2. Production Possibilities, Opportunity Cost, and Economic Growth. Part II. MICROECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS. 3. Market Demand and Supply. Appendix. Consumer Surplus, Producer Surplus, and Market Efficiency. 4. Markets in Action. Appendix. Applying Supply and Demand Analysis to Health Care. 5. Price Elasticity of Demand and Supply. 6. Consumer Choice Theory. Appendix: Indifference Curve Analysis. 7. Production Costs. Part III. MARKET STRUCTURES. 8. Perfect Competition. 9. Monopoly. 10. Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly. 11. Labor Markets. Part IV. MICROECONOMIC POLICY ISSUES. 12. Income Distribution, Poverty, and Discrimination. 13. Antitrust and Regulation. 14: Environmental Economics. Part V. THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY. 15. International Trade and Finance. 16. Economies in Transition. 17. Growth and the Less-Developed Countries. Appendix A Answers to Odd-Numbered Study Questions and Problems. Appendix B Answers to Practice Quizzes. Appendix C Answers to Road Map Questions.

About the Author:

Dr. Irvin B. Tucker brings more than thirty years of experience teaching introductory economics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to this text. Dr. Tucker earned his B.S. in economics at N.C. State University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of South Carolina. Dr. Tucker was a longtime member of the National Council on Economic Education and former Director of the Center for Economic Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Recognized for his ability to relate basic economic principles to global issues and public policy, Dr. Tucker's work has received national recognition throughout his career. He is the recipient of the Meritorious Leavy Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education, the Federation of Independent Business Award for Postsecondary Educator of the Year in Entrepreneurship and Economic Education, and the Freedom Foundation's George Washington Medal for Excellence in Economic Education. In addition, he has published numerous professional journal articles on topics including industrial organization, entrepreneurship, and sports economics. Dr. Tucker is also the author of the highly successful SURVEY OF ECONOMICS, a text for the one-term survey of economics course, published by Cengage Learning.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 1133435068
• ISBN 13: 9781133435068
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 525