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Modern Economics: Student's Notebook

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  • © 1985
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Authors:
  1. J. Harvey

    1. University of Reading, UK

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Table of contents (36 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    1. What Economics is About

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      Pages 1-2

    2. Methods of Allocating Resources

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      Pages 3-5

  3. What to Produce

    1. How Price is Formed in the Free Market

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      Pages 6-10

    2. Applications of Demand and Supply Analysis

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      Pages 11-12

    3. A Further Look at Demand

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      Pages 13-16

  4. How to Produce — The Theory of Production

    1. The Firm

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      Pages 17-21

    2. The Organisation and Scale of Production

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      Pages 22-24

    3. The Distribution of Goods to the Consumer

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      Pages 25-27

    4. The Location of Production

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      Pages 28-28

    5. Combining the Factors of Production

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      Pages 29-30

    6. Deciding on the Most Profitable Output

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      Pages 31-33

    7. The Supply Curve of the Industry Under Perfect Competition

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      Pages 34-36

    8. Monopoly

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      Pages 37-40

    9. Imperfect Competition

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      Pages 41-42

  5. For Whom? How the Factors of Production are Rewarded

    1. The Marginal Productivity Theory of Distribution

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      Pages 43-45

    2. Labour and Wages

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      Pages 46-50

    3. Capital and Interest

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      Pages 51-52

    4. Land and Rent

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      Pages 53-54

    5. Entrepreneurship and Profit

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      Pages 55-56
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Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Reading, UK

    J. Harvey

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Modern Economics: Student's Notebook

  • Authors: J. Harvey

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-81181-6

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 108

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Economics, general

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