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M: Economics, The Basics

ISBN10: 1265096228 | ISBN13: 9781265096229

M: Economics, The Basics
ISBN10: 1265096228
ISBN13: 9781265096229
By Michael Mandel

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This title is a dynamic journey into economic literacy without overwhelming, providing a clear window into today's economic landscape. Authored by Michael Mandel, former Chief Economist for BusinessWeek and Senior Fellow at The Wharton School, this Release combines journalistic flair with real-world experience to present economic concepts in an exciting, relevant, and understandable manner. It revolutionizes the learning experience with a magazine-like layout, concise coverage, and an accessible blend of math and graphs. Every chapter has been evaluated to reflect recent economic events. Figures, tables, problems, and narratives dynamically mirror current news events. Empower your teaching with assignable end-of-chapter problems through McGraw Hill Connect®, with select problems available in algorithmic variations. Economics, The Basics is not just a textbook; it's an immersive, accessible learning experience designed to captivate and educate a diverse range of students.

1. Introduction 
2. Demand and Supply The Basics of the Market Economy 
3. Market Equilibrium and Shifts 
4. How Businesses Work 
5. Competition and Market Power 
6. Government and the Economy 
7. The First Step into Macroeconomics 
8. Inflation 
9. Growth
10. Business Cycles, Unemployment, and Inflation 
11. Fiscal Policy 
12. Monetary Policy 
13. The Financial Markets 
14. International Trade 
15. Technological Change 
16. Economics of the Labor Market 
17. The Distribution of Income 
18. Economics of Health Care and Retirement 
19. Economics of Energy, the Environment, and Global Climate Change

About the Author

Michael Mandel

Michael Mandel delights in translating complex economicconcepts into understandable, relevant, and exciting examples for a broadaudience. He received his PhD in economics from Harvard University, where hestudied the intricacies of game theory. He is currently Senior Fellow at theMack Institute for Innovation Management at The Wharton School of theUniversity of Pennsylvania, as well as Chief Economist and Vice President atthe Progressive Policy Institute in Washington, DC. He writes about the policyimplications of innovation, regulation, and growth, both domestically andinternationally.

Previously, Mandel was Chief Economist of BusinessWeek(now Bloomberg Businessweek), where he regularly tackled such hot topicsas the economics of immigration, the power of technological innovation to drivegrowth, the importance of foreign trade, and consequences of tax policy.

Mandel’s columns and cover stories won numerous awards,including the Excellence in Economic Journalism Award from the Institute onPolitical Journalism, given to the writer “who has done the most to shapepublic opinion by giving the public a better understanding of economic theoryand reality”; the Gerald Loeb Award, the most prestigious prize for economicand financial journalism; and the Economic Journalist of the Year Award fromthe World Leadership Forum. He was also named one of the top 100 business journalistsof the 20th century.

Mandel is the author of several books, including RationalExuberance: Silencing the Enemies of Growth and Why the Future Is BetterThan You Think and The High-Risk Society. He also helped revise the1995 edition of Paul Samuelson’s classic economics textbook.

Mandel lives in Washington, DC, not far from the White Houseand the Capitol, with his wife Laura Gramling.

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