Microeconomics A Fresh Start /

• Main Author: Dorman, Peter (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Texts in Business and Economics,
• Subjects: Political economy.; Microeconomics.; Economics.; Political Economy.

The world has changed dramatically in recent years and so has the field of economics, but many introductory economics textbooks have remained stuck in the past.  This book provides a new beginning for the study of microeconomics, emphasizing current debates and research trends.  It is international...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Foundations
• 1 Economics and the Economy
• 2 Economics Yesterday and Today
• 3 Four Building Blocks of Economic Theory
• 4 Values and Objectives
• 5 Analyzing Markets
• 6 Markets and Human Well-Being. Appendix: Markets and Freedom.-7 Markets
• 8 Firms
• 9 Government
• 10 Civil Society
• Part III: A Closer Look at Markets
• 11 The Theory of Demand. Appendix: Indifference Curves
• 12 Production Costs and the Theory of Supply
• 13 Monopoly Power
• 14 The Economics of Bargaining Power
• 15 Market Failure
• Part IV: Microeconomic Challenges
• 16 Labor and Employment
• 17 Financial Markets
• 18 Inequality. Appendix: Theories of Distributive Justice
• 19 Poverty
• 20 Economics and Ecology
• 21 Markets as Systems
• Glossary
• Index.