TY - BOOK AU - Schiller,Bradley R. AU - Hill,Cynthia AU - Wall,Sherri TI - The micro economy today T2 - The McGraw-Hill series economics SN - 9780071317672 (alk. paper) AV - HB172 .S36 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - New York, NY PB - McGraw-Hill/Irwin KW - Microeconomics N1 - Includes index; The economic challenge -- Economics : the core issues -- The U.S. economy : a global view -- Supply and demand -- The role of government -- Product markets : the basics -- Consumer choice -- Elasticity -- The costs of production -- Market structure -- The competitive firm -- Competitive markets -- Monopoly -- Oligopoly -- Monopolistic competition -- Regulatory issues -- Natural monopolies : (de)regulation? -- Environmental protection -- The farm problem -- Factor markets : basic theory -- The labor market -- Labor unions -- Financial markets -- Distributional issues -- Taxes : equity versus efficiency -- Transfer payments : welfare and -- Social security -- International economics -- International trade -- International finance -- Global poverty -- Glossary G-1 -- Index I-1 -- Reference tables T-1 ER -