Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Economics or Positioning

Economics

Author: Walter J Wessels

Covers many subjects including plotting and understanding graphs, market equilibrium and the nature of the price system, macroeconomics, microeconomics, and international trade.



Table of Contents:
Preface
Essentials of Economics
1What is Economics All About?1
2How to Use Graphs in Economics18
3Supply and Demand: Part One28
4Supply and Demand: Part Two45
Macroeconomics: Aggregate Supply and Demand
5Measuring National Output59
6Inflation and Unemployment72
7Aggregate Demand and Supply: The Key to Macroeconomics87
8Aggregate Demand in the Private Sector: The Keynesian Model101
9Aggregate Supply and Getting to Full Employment123
Macroeconomics: Fiscal and Monetary Policy
10Fiscal Policy: Government Spending and Taxation138
11The Supply of Money152
12Money and Aggregate Demand: Keynesian Model165
13Money and Aggregate Demand: Monetarist Model181
14Inflation and Unemployment195
15Rational Expectations and Other Models of the Business Cycle214
Microeconomics: Consumer and Cost
16Elasticity234
17The Theory of Demand250
18Cost and Output265
Microeconomics: Competition and Monopoly
19Competitive Supply282
20Markets, Competition, and Growth304
21Monopolies319
22Between Monopoly and Competition335
23Efficiency and Regulation354
Microeconomics: What People Earn
24Factor Demand and Productivity368
25Wages, Labor Markets, and Unions386
26Rent, Interest, and Profits404
Microeconomics: Government and the Economy
27Public Choice and Externalities418
28Government Spending and Taxation436
International Trade
29International Trade451
30Exchange Rates and the International Monetary System470
Appendix
Index514

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Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind

Author: Al Ries

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