Microeconomics and Macroeconomics (Second Edition)

Author: Miao Daiwen
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Publish Date: 2004-04-18
Features: This book is a national-level planning teaching material for the "Tenth Five-Year Plan" of general higher education (for vocational and technical education), revised and compiled based on the original Ministry of Education's planning teaching material for vocational and technical education Microeconomics and Macroeconomics (which won the First Prize in the 2002 National Excellent Teaching Material Competition of the Ministry of Education). The book takes "market-oriented resource allocation and utilization" as its core content, vividly introducing the basic principles, analytical tools and methods, and theoretical applications and policy analysis of economics. The content progresses from simple to complex, from micro to macro, from principles to applications, in a clear and systematic manner, making it suitable for students at the vocational and technical education level. The book is divided into 14 chapters, covering topics such as: Introduction to Economics, Demand, Supply, and Equilibrium Price, Consumer Behavior Analysis, Firm Theory, Market Theory, Theory of Factor Pricing, Externalities, Public Goods, and Government, Gross National Product, Aggregate Demand, and Aggregate Supply, Keynes's Theory of National Income Determination, Unemployment Theory, Business Cycles and Economic Growth, Macroeconomic Policy, International Trade and Balance of Payments, and the Evolution of Economic Theory. For teaching convenience, each chapter begins with learning objectives and ends with key points, accompanied by a wealth of review questions, exercises, and case studies. This book can serve as a general foundational course textbook for majors in economics and management at vocational colleges, higher vocational colleges, adult colleges, secondary vocational and technical colleges of undergraduate universities, and private colleges. It can also be used as a reference for other readers.