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∂ECONOMICSFOURTH EDITION
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∂ECONOMICSFOURTH EDITIONBW. W. NO
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ABOUT THE AUTHORSJoseph E. Stiglitz
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CONTENTS IN BRIEFPART 1 INTRODUCTIO
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CONTENTSPREFACEXXXVPART 1 INTRODUCT
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Sources of Shifts in Demand Curves
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Short-Run and Long-Run Cost Curves
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Conditions for the Pareto Efficienc
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THINKING LIKE AN ECONOMIST: Trade-O
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Search and Information Intermediari
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CHAPTER 19 INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND
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Government Deficits and Trade Defic
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Evaluating Government Deficits and
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An Expansionary Shift in the ADI Cu
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CHAPTER 35 POLICY IN THE OPEN ECONO
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CASE IN POINT: Fed Policy Statement
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PREFACEThe study of economics has a
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of the economist’s approach to im
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ture also allows an instructor who
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With SmartWork’s intuitive interf
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AcknowledgmentsThe book’s first t
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Alternative Course OutlineIn the Fo
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Plus any of the optional chapters c
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∂Part 1INTRODUCTION∂1
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Chapter 1MODERNECONOMICS∂The past
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the illegal online sharing of music
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Microeconomics andMacroeconomics:Th
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does not prove that the coin is not
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COMPETITIVE MARKETSTo complete the
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line up to buy at that price. (The
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computers and textiles. The develop
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Appendix: Reading GraphsWhether the
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Chapter 3DEMAND, SUPPLY,AND PRICE
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you might buy a few, and if the pri
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SHIFTS IN DEMAND CURVES1.25When the
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higher performance at that price. A
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the supply curve becomes close to v
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New York City leads, in the short r
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The Status Quo Bias Loss aversion a
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of $60,000 per year. Imagine that t
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number of CDs, having an additional
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candy increases. Now he can buy few
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Chapter 6THE FIRM’S COSTS∂Imagi
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“standard” workweek—the 40-ho
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past twenty years computer prices h
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CONSUMER AND PRODUCERSURPLUSTo unde
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price. The basic competitive model
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marginal cost and to make up the de
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Figure 14.1, which reproduces a dia
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REPUTATIONSDeveloping good reputati
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summer her parents decide whether o
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quantity demanded will actually fal
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unions had claimed that when they n
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The income tax is only one of sever
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SOCIAL INSURANCEThe United States h
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in such developments. The end of lo
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OTHER NONTARIFF BARRIERSVERs and qu
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they can raise prices. In such a ca
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BEGGAR-THY-NEIGHBOR POLICIESConcern
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Environmental and human rights issu
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SCHUMPETERIAN COMPETITIONAlthough c
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a variety of transactions, inflatio
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