TY - BOOK AU - Schiller,Bradley R. AU - Gebhardt,Karen TI - The micro economy today T2 - The McGraw-Hill series economics SN - 9781259291814 AV - HB172 .S35 2016 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - McGraw Hill KW - Microeconomics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Economics: the core issues -- The U.S. economy:a global view -- Supply and demand -- The role of Government -- Consumer choice -- Elasticity -- The costs of production -- The competitive markets -- Monopoly -- Oligopoly --Monopolistic competition -- Natural monopolies:(de)regulation? -- Environment protection -- The farm problem -- The labor market --Labor unions -- Financial markets -- Taxes: equity versus efficiency -- Transfer payments : welfare and social security -- International trade -- International finance -- Global poverty ER -