Product Description: Book by Lipsey, Richard G

When asked to describe this text, most Lipsey readers use the same word: precise. The authors do not gloss over subjects when presenting economic ideas; rather, they offer a patient explanation of the concept and back it up with the latest research and data. Taken separately, neither theory nor data alone can give readers a true understanding of the idea, but when combined these elements give students a complete view of economics in the real world. What is Economics?: Economic Issues and Concepts; How Economists Work.An Introduction to Demand and Supply: Demand, Supply, and Price; Elasticity; Markets in Action. Consumers and Products: Consumer Behavior; Producers in the Short Run; Producers in the Long Run. Market Structure and Efficiency: Competitive Markets; Monopoly, Cartels, and Price Discrimination; Imperfect Competition and Strategic Behavior; Economic Efficiency and Public Policy. Factor Markets: How Factor Markets Work; Labor Markets; Interest Rates and the Capital Market. Government in the Market Economy: Market Failures and Government Intervention; The Economics of Environmental Protection; Taxation and Public Expenditure. An Introduction to Macroeconomics: What Macroeconomics Is All About; The Measurement of National Income. The Economy in the Short Run: The Simplest Short-Run Macro Model; Adding Government and Trade to the Simple Macro Model; Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand in the Short Run. The Economy in the Long Run: From the Short Run to the Long Run: The Adjustment of Factor Prices; The Difference Between Short-Run and Long-Run Macroeconomics; Long-Run Economic Growth. Money, Banking, and Monetary Policy: Money and Banking; Money, Interest Rates, and Economic Activity; Monetary Policy. Macroeconomic Problems and Policies: Inflation and Disinflation; Unemployment Fluctuations and the NAIRU; Government Debt and Deficits. The United States the Global Economy: The Gains from International Trade; Trade Policy; Exchange Rates and the Balance of Payments. For all readers interested in economics. 

Product Description: When asked to describe this text, most Lipsey readers use the same word: precise. The authors do not gloss over subjects when presenting economic ideas; rather, they offer a patient explanation of the concept and back it up with the latest research and data...read more

Product Description: When asked to describe this text, most Lipsey readers use the same word: precise. The authors do not gloss over subjects when presenting economic ideas; rather, they offer a patient explanation of the concept and back it up with the latest research and data...read more

A Sports Illustrated journalist describes his unique job as the golf professional for Bhutan's Royal Thimphu Golf Club, one of the only golf courses in the last Buddhist kingdom, offering a vivid study of the remote Himalayan country, which has successfully melded the old and the new into a place marked by peace and spiritual prosperity.

Product Description: Services industries account for almost three-quarters of both gross domestic product and employment in Canada, a trend that Canada shares with other G-7 countries. Furthermore, the services sector has been responsible for most of Canada’s employment creation and much of its productivity growth over the past decade and the sector’s importance to the Canadian economy continues to increase...read more

Product Description: This edition has been rewritten to take account of the latest international developments and the core material revised to ensure students have the best possible account of both theory and practice of the subject. The book provides the student with a thorough grounding in all the theoretical components of a first course in economics, supported with world-wide case studies...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Arrangement of this revised text is in five parts, the first of which is shared with Microeconomics and covers basic principles. Following are sections on private-sector and public-sector macroeconomics; money its creation and management; monetary and macroeconomic problems and policy; and the inter

Product Description: When asked to describe this text, most Lipsey readers use the same word: precise. The authors do not gloss over subjects when presenting economic ideas; rather, they offer a patient explanation of the concept and back it up with the latest research and data...read more

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Product Description: Macroeconomic Theory and Policy is the second collection of Richard G. Lipsey's essays and contains material that has previously remained unpublished or has not been widely available. The book considers the macroeconomic issues of unemployment, inflation and policies to combat inflation, the Keynesian macroeconomy and supply side economics...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

This is an introductory economics textbook which has been crafted to meet the needs of business studies and management students. Developed using "Introduction to Positive Economics" as a starting point, the authors have carefully selected essential material, added new coverage, and taken the opportunity to make the text clearer. With the intended readership in mind, the greater part of the text focuses upon microeconomics, including the theory of the firm, consumers and markets, market structures, and the economics of business organizations. Business and management students should also find the texts coverage of the economics of employment and investment particularly helpful. The macroeconomics included has also been chosen to be of maximum benefit to management students, focusing on business cycles and the macroeconomic factors which affect firms (such as inflation and employment), and the balance of payments and exchange rates. The book includes case studies and case examples which are essential for understanding the business context of economics. Other learning aids include chapter introductions, chapter summaries, topics for review, and end of chapter questions.

Product Description: This text addresses product differentiation, including spatial differentiation and the industrial structures that give rise to this phenomenon. It opens with an overview essay and explains why the authors reject the neoclassical, competitive vision of the economy...read more

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Product Description: The 8th edition of this textbook is completely revised. The theory is fully illustrated with modern applied examples, drawn from international events. It features new material on modern theory, further applications sections illustrating the theory covered, more references to policy issues, and up-to-date coverage of the international institutional environment...read more

Product Description: This important text covers the illustrated aspects of the economy that are important for an understanding of economic theory. The discussion is generously illustrated with over a hundred diagrams, charts, graphs and maps, as well as tables of statistics, all of which are based on the most recently available data...read more

Product Description: Book by Lipsey, Richard G., Smith, Murray G.

Product Description: Taking the Initiative. very good. Blue cover with USA/Canada flay on frong. C.D. Howe institute. Richard. G. Lipsey, Murray G. Smith. Taking the Initiative: Canada's Trade Options. Printed in Canada 1985. Original price on front.