Synopses & Reviews
McConnell and Brues Microeconomics, Brief Edition comes from the same author team as the market-leading Principles of Microeconomics textbook. It continues to be innovative while teaching students in a clear, unbiased way. Like the 18th edition, Microeconomics, Brief Edition has 3 main goals: help the beginning student master the principles essential for understanding the economizing problem, specific economic issues, and the policy alternatives; help the student understand and apply the economic perspective and reason accurately and objectively about economic matters; and promote a lasting student interest in economics and the economy. Although the Brie Editionf is a derivative of Microeconomics 18e, is not a cut-and-paste book that simply eliminates several chapters of Economics 18e and reorders and renumbers the retained content. Instead, Microeconomics, Brief Edition is a very concise, highly integrated economics textbook that is distinct in purpose, style, and coverage from Microeconomics 18e.
Table of Contents
PART 1: INTRODUCTION Ch 1 Limits, Alternatives, and Choices (+ Appendix on Graphs) Ch 2 The Market System and the Circular Flow PART 2: PRICE, QUANTITY, and EFFICIENCY Ch 3 Demand, Supply and Market Equilibrium (+Web Appendix on Supply and Demand) Ch 4 Elasticity of Demand and Supply Ch 5 Pubic Goods and Externalities PART 3: PRODUCT MARKETS Ch 6 Businesses and Their Costs Ch 7 Pure Competition Ch 8 Pure Monopoly Ch 9 Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly PART 4: RESOURCE MARKETS Ch 10 Wage Determination Ch 11 Income Inequality and Poverty PART 5: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS Ch 12 International Trade and Exchange Rates