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Main Authors: Karlan, Dean S. (Author), Morduch, Jonathan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Edition:Second Edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Thinking like an economist
  • The power of economics
  • Economics and life
  • Specialization and exchange
  • Supply and demand
  • Markets
  • Elasticity
  • Efficiency
  • Government intervention
  • Microeconomics : thinking like a microeconomist
  • Individual decisions
  • Consumer behavior
  • Behavioral economics : a closer look at decision making
  • Game theory and strategic thinking
  • Information
  • Time and uncertainty
  • Firm decisions
  • The costs of production
  • Perfect competition
  • Monopoly
  • Monopolistic competition and oligopoly
  • The factors of production
  • International trade
  • Public economics
  • Externalities
  • Public goods and common resources
  • Taxation and the public budget
  • Poverty, inequality, and discrimination
  • Political choices
  • Public policy and choice architecture
  • Macroeconomics : thinking like a macroeconomist
  • The data of macroeconomics
  • Measuring the wealth of nations
  • The cost of living
  • Economic growth and unemployment
  • Economic growth
  • Unemployment and the demand for labor
  • The economy in the short and long run
  • Aggregate demand and aggregate supply
  • Fiscal policy
  • The financial system and institutions
  • The basics of finance
  • Money and the monetary system
  • Inflation
  • Financial crisis
  • International policy issues
  • Open-market macroeconomics
  • Development economics.