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Modern Economics

Study Guide and Workbook

  • Authors
  • J. Harvey
  • M. K. Johnson
Textbook

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-viii
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  2. What Economics is About
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 1-3
  3. Methods of Allocating Economic Resources
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 4-6
  4. How Price is Formed in the Free Market
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 7-12
  5. Applications of Demand and Supply Analysis
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 13-16
  6. A Further Look at Demand
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 17-22
  7. The Firm
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 23-25
  8. The Organisation and Scale of Production
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 26-28
  9. The Distribution of Goods to the Consumer
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 29-30
  10. The Location of Production
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 31-33
  11. Combining the Factors of Production
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 34-36
  12. Deciding on the Most Profitable Output
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 37-44
  13. The Supply Curve of the Industry under Perfect Competition
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 45-49
  14. Rewarding the Factors of Production: the Marginal Productivity Theory of Distribution
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 50-52
  15. Market Failure and the Role of Government
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 53-54
  16. Monopoly
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 55-59
  17. Imperfect Competition: other forms
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 60-62
  18. Externalities and Cost-benefit Analysis
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 63-64
  19. The Environment: Conservation and Pollution
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 65-67
  20. The Provision of Goods and Services by the Public Sector
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 68-69
  21. Labour and Wages
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 70-73
  22. Capital and Interest
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 74-76
  23. Land and Rent
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 77-79
  24. Entrepreneurship and Profit
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 80-82
  25. Money and the Rate of Interest
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 83-86
  26. Financial Markets
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 87-88
  27. Clearing Banks
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 89-91
  28. The Bank of England
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 92-94
  29. Measuring the level of activity: National Income calculations
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 95-98
  30. Unemployment
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 99-100
  31. 30 The Level of Output and Aggregate Demand: the Keynesian Explanation
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 100-107
  32. Employment and the Price Level
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 108-109
  33. Inflation: Its Effects
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 110-111
  34. Policies to Achieve Price Stability
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 112-114
  35. Economic Growth
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 115-116
  36. Balanced Regional Development
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 117-119
  37. Public Finance
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 120-123
  38. The Nature of International Trade
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 124-127
  39. The Balance of Payments
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 128-130
  40. Foreign Exchange Rates
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 131-133
  41. The Correction of a Balance-of-Payments Disequilibrium
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 134-137
  42. The European Community
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 138-139
  43. The Population of the UK
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 140-142
  44. Current Problems and policies of the UK
    J. Harvey, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 143-145
  45. Back Matter
    Pages 146-200
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About this book

Introduction

The 6th edition of the popular study guide and workbook has been designed to complement Jack Harvey's Modern Economics, or any other introductory economics text. It provides questions and answers to test students understanding and is ideal for those working without supervision. This new edition has been expanded and updated to incorporate recent developments in elementary theory and original demonstrations of its application to the decisions of firms and government.

Keywords

economics employment equilibrium exchange rates international trade methods organization production productivity unemployment

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