Economics - David C Colander

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Résumé :
Written in an informal colloquial style, this student-friendly Principles of Economics textbook does not sacrifice intellectual depth in its quest for accessibility. The author's primary concern is to instill economic sensibility in the student. Colander emphasizes the intellectual and historical context to which the economic models are applied.

Distinguishing features found within Colander's text are:

• Cutting Edge and Modern
• Colloquial Style Narrative
• Focus on Policy
• Emphasis on the Importance of Institutions and History
• Focus on Modeling: Economics is a method of reasoning, not truths.
• Presents Alternative Perspectives in Economics

  Biographie:
  David Colander is Distinguished College Professor at Middlebury College. He has authored, coauthored, or edited over 40 books and over 150 articles on a wide range of economic topics.He earned his B.A. at Columbia College and his M.Phil. and Ph.D. at Columbia University. He also studied at the University of Birmingham in England and at Wilhelmsburg Gymnasium in Germany. Professor Colander has taught at Columbia University, Vassar College, the University of Miami, and Princeton University as the Kelley Professor of Distinguished Teaching. He has also been a consultant to Time-Life Films, a consultant to Congress, a Brookings Policy Fellow, and Visiting Scholar at Nuffield College, Oxford.He has been president of both the History of Economic Thought Society and the Eastern Economics Association. He has also served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Economic Perspectives, The Journal of Economic Education, The Journal of Economic Methodology, The Journal of the History of Economic Thought, The Journal of Socio-Economics, and The Eastern Economic Journal. He has been chair of the AEA Committee on Electronic Publishing, a member of the AEA Committee on Economic Education, and is currently the associate editor for content of the Journal of Economic Education. He is married to a pediatrician, Patrice. In their spare time, the Colanders designed and built an oak post-and-beam house on a ridge overlooking the Green Mountains to the east and the Adirondacks to the west. The house is located on the site of a former drive-in movie theater. (They replaced the speaker poles with fruit trees and used the I-beams from the screen as support for the second story of the carriage house and the garage.) They now live in both Florida and Vermont.

  Sommaire:
  

  Part 1 Introduction: Thinking Like an Economist

  Chapter 1 Economics and Economic Reasoning

  Chapter 2 The Production Possibility Model, Trade, and Globalization

  Chapter 3 Economic Institutions

  Chapter 4 Supply and Demand

  Chapter 5 Using Supply and Demand

  Chapter 6 Thinking Like a Modern Economist

  Part 2: Microeconomics

  I. The Power of Traditional Economic Models

  Chapter 7 Describing Supply and Demand: Elasticities

  Chapter 8 Taxation and Government Intervention

  Chapter 9 International Trade Policy, Comparative Advantage, and Outsourcing

  II. Choice and Decision-Making

  Chapter 10 The Logic of Individual Choice: The Foundation of Supply and Demand

  Chapter 11 Game Theory, Strategic Decision Making, and Behavioral Economics

  III. Production and Cost Analysis

  Chapter 12 Production and Cost Analysis I

  Chapter 13 Production and Cost Analysis II

  IV. Market Structure

  Chapter 14 Perfect Competition

  Chapter 15 Monopoly

  Chapter 16 Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly

  V. Real-World Competition

  Chapter 17 Real-World Competition and Technology

  Chapter 18 Antitrust Policy and Regulation

  VI. Factor Markets

  Chapter 19 Work and the Labor Market

  Chapter 19W Nonwage and Asset Income: Rents, Profits, and Interest

  Chapter 20 Who Gets What? The Distribution of Income

  VII. Applying Economic Reasoning to Policy

  Chapter 21 Market Failure versus Government Failure

  Chapter 21W Politics and Economics: The Case of Agricultural Markets

  Chapter 22 Behavioral Economics and Modern Economic Policy

  Chapter 23 Microeconomic Policy, Economic Reasoning, and Beyond

  Part 3: Macroeconomics

  I. Macroeconomic Problems

  Chapter 24 Economic Growth, Business Cycles, Unemployment, and Inflation

  Chapter 25 Measuring the Aggregate Economy

  II. The Macroeconomic Framework

  Chapter 26 Growth, Productivity, and the Wealth of Nations

  Chapter 27 The Aggregate Demand/Aggregate Supply Model

  Chapter 28 The Multiplier Model

  Chapter 29 Thinking Like a Modern Macroeconomist

  III. Finance, Money, and the Economy

  Chapter 30 The Financial Sector and the Economy

  Chapter 31 Monetary Policy

  Chapter 32 Financial Crises, Panics, and Macroeconomic Policy

  Chapter 33 Inflation and the Phillips Curve

  IV. Taxes, Budgets, and Fiscal Policy

  Chapter 34 Deficits and Debt

  Chapter 35 The Modern Fiscal Policy Dilemma

  V. International Policy Issues

  Chapter 36 International Financial Policy

  Chapter 37 Macro Policy in a Global Setting

  Chapter 38 Macro Policies in Developing Countries