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Economics
Boundless · Boundless
Economics is the systematic study of how individuals, businesses, and societies make choices in the face of scarcity. This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles, theories, and applications of economics, combining both microeconomic and macroeconomic perspectives to give students a full understanding of economic behavior and outcomes.
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ECON 1030: Principles of Macroeconomics
William Knight · Prince George's Community College
This text address the first semester of university-parallel sequence. Introduction to economic macroanalysis, emphasizing gross national product, national income, consumption, investment, taxation, government spending, and monetary and fiscal policies.
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Principles of Economics
LibreTexts · LibreTexts
In the contents: 34: Socialist Economies in Transition · 34.1: The Theory and Practice of Socialism · 34.2: Socialist Systems in Action
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Principles of Managerial Economics
LibreTexts · LibreTexts
Managerial Economics is a link between two disciplines, which are management and economics. The management discipline focuses on a number of principles that aid the decision-making process of organizations. On the other hand, economics is related to the optimum allocation of limited resources for attaining the set objectives of organizations.
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Microeconomics 1e
Martin Medeiros · Chabot College
In the contents: 7.04: Social Cost and Benefits
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Economics of Agriculture (AGBUS 40)
Ivan Huerta · Coalinga College
With this text, students will explore agricultural economics, including the role of agriculture and farming in the economic system. You'll learn about basic economic concepts, challenges facing agriculture, regenerative vs conventional agriculture business practices, pricing and marketing issues, production factors, and the impact of state and federal farm programs on farmers' economic positions.
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Principles of Macroeconomics
Douglas Curtis and Ian Irvine · Trent University & Concordia University
Principles of Macroeconomics presents a complete and concise examination of introductory macroeconomics theory and policy suitable for a first introductory course. Examples are domestic and international in their subject matter and are of the modern era — financial markets, monetary and fiscal policies aimed at inflation and debt control, globalization and the importance of trade flows in economic structure, and concerns about slow growth and the risk of deflation, are included
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Introduction to Microeconomic Principles
Ravjeet Singh · De Anza College
In the contents: 2.01: The Production Possibilities Frontier and Social Choices
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microeconomics
Samuel Lee · Cerritos College
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Open International Political Economy
Clint Peinhardt · The University of Texas at Dallas
The textbook provides overviews of three different kinds of economic integration: trade, production, and finance.
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Principles of Economics Volume 1
LibreTexts · LibreTexts
This book is intended for the first semester of a two-semester course in Economics taught out of the social sciences or business school. Principles of Economics aims to teach considerable range and depth of Economic concepts through an approachable style and methodology. The authors take a three-pronged approach to every chapter: The concept is covered with a “Heads Up” to ward off confusion, a real-world application for that concept, and a “You Try It” section to make sure students are staying
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Macroeconomics 1e
Martin Medeiros · Chabot College
This macroeconomics textbook distills the subject to its essential concepts, providing a clear and focused framework for understanding the workings of the overall economy. It is designed to complement the author’s microeconomics textbook (Microeconomics 1e) and to address a major gap in existing instructional materials: the treatment of modern U.S. monetary policy.
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International Trade - Theory and Policy
Anonymous · LibreTexts
This text is built on the belief that to understand the international economy, students need to learn how economic models are applied to real world problems. It is true what they say, that ”economists do it with models.“ That's because economic models provide insights about the world that are simply not obtainable solely by discussion of the issues. A variety of international trade models including the Ricardian, Heckscher-Ohlin, and the monopolistic competition models are presented.
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Core Agricultural Economic Principles
Jason Bergtold · Kansas State University
This page introduces essential economic concepts, including opportunity costs, which highlight benefits lost when selecting one option over another. It delves into marginal analysis concerning incremental benefits and costs, and discusses elasticity, detailing the responsiveness of demand or supply to price changes. Additionally, the implications of prohibition on supply and demand dynamics are examined. Collectively, these topics form a foundation for understanding economic decision-making.
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Core Agricultural Economic Principles
Jason Bergtold · Kansas State University
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Economics for Life: Real-World Financial Literacy (Wargo)
Donald T. Wargo · Temple University
Economics for Life: Real-World Financial Literacy is designed to help soon-to-be college graduates start their "real lives" with a better understanding of how to analyze the financial decisions that they will soon have to make. Written in an easy-to-read, conversational style, this textbook will help students learn how to make decisions on saving and investing for retirement, buying a car, buying a home, as well as how to safely navigate the use of debit and credit cards.
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Introduction to Economic Analysis
Anonymous · LibreTexts
This book presents standard intermediate microeconomics material and some material that, in the authors' view, ought to be standard but is not. Introductory economics material is integrated. Standard mathematical tools, including calculus, are used throughout. The book easily serves as an intermediate microeconomics text, and can be used for a relatively sophisticated undergraduate who has not taken a basic university course in economics.
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The Economics of Food and Agricultural Markets
Andrew Barkley · Kansas State University
The Economics of Food and Agricultural Markets is written for applied intermediate microeconomics courses.
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Intermediate Microeconomics with Excel
Humberto Barreto · DePauw University
This book is based on the idea that there is a particular framework used by economists to interpret observed reality. This framework has been called the economic way of thinking, the economic approach, and the method of economics. This book is different from the many other books that attempt to teach microeconomics by making student learn by doing, not by reading.
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Principles of Microeconomics
Douglas Curtis and Ian Irvine · Trent University & Concordia University
Principles of Microeconomics is an adaptation of the textbook, Microeconomics: Markets, Methods, and Models by D. Curtis and I. Irvine, which provides concise yet complete coverage of introductory microeconomic theory, application and policy in a Canadian and global environment.