Real World Micro

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Real World Micro cover
Edition:
31st
Date of publication:
June 2024
ISBN:
978-1-939402-87-5
Price:
$55.00


  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Markets: Ideology and Reality
    • Introduction
    • 1.1 The Ideology of the Free Market Ellen Frank
    • 1.2 Testing Economics Mark Maierand Julie Nelson
    • 1.3 The Greed Fallacy Arthur MacEwan
    • 1.4 Repopulating New Orleans Mason Gaffney
    • 1.5 (Mis)understanding a Banking Industry in Transition William Black
  • Chapter 2: Supply and Demand
    • Introduction
    • 2.1 Supply, Demand, and Tortillas Chris Tilly and Marie Kennedy
    • 2.2 Price Gouging: It's Just Supply and Demand Marc Breslow
    • 2.3 Hot Commodities, Stuffed Markets, and Empty BelliesBen Collins
    • 2.4 Want a Cool Planet? Raise Gas Prices!Marc Breslow
    • 2.5 Does Rent Control Hurt Tenants? Ellen Frank
    • 2.6 Measuring the Full Impact of Minimum Wage Laws Jeanette Wicks-Lim
    • 2.7 Falling Asset Prices: Who Gets Those Trillions? Arthur MacEwan
  • Chapter 3: Consumers
    • Introduction
    • 3.1 A Matter of Life and Debt: The Impact of Predatory Lending on the Black Community Jabulani Leffall
    • 3.2 The 800-Pound Ronald McDonald in the Room Helen Scharber
    • 3.3 Enough Is Enough: Why More is Not Necessarily Better than Less Alan Durning
    • 3.4 America Beyond Consumerism Thad Williamson
  • Chapter 4: Firms, Production, and Profit Maximization
    • Introduction
    • 4.1 What's Good for Wal-Mart... John Miller
    • 4.2 The New Political Economy of Immigration Tom Barry
    • 4.3 Why CEO Salaries Skyrocket Arthur MacEwan
    • 4.4 The Globalization Clock Thomas Palley
  • Chapter 5: Market Structure and Monopoly
    • Introduction
    • 5.1 Is Small Beautiful? Is Bigger Better? Small and Big Business Both Have Their Drawbacks Chris Tilly
    • 5.2 The Global Oil Market Paul Cummings
    • 5.3 Drug Prices in Crisis: The Case Against Protectionism Dean Baker
    • 5.4 A Brief History of Mergers and Antitrust Policy Edward Herman
    • 5.5 Calling for Change Liv Gold and Chris Sturr
  • Chapter 6: Labor Markets
    • Introduction
    • 6.1 Comparable Worth Amy Gluckman
    • 6.2 Conscripted by Poverty Anna Sussman
    • 6.3 The Right to Stay Home David Bacon
    • 6.4 Remittances to the Rescue?Alissa Thuotte
    • 6.5 Legalizing Human TraffickingBasev Sen
    • 6.6 What's Wrong with Welfare-to-Work Randy Albelda
    • 6.7 Women in a Failing EconomyCarrie Battan
    • 6.8 Are Higher Labor Standards Bad for Developing Countries?Arthur MacEwan
    • 6.9 A New WPA?Ryan A. Dodd
    • 6.10 Unregulated WorkSioban McGrath and Nina Martin
  • Chapter 7: The Distribution of Income
    • Introduction
    • 7.1 Measures of Poverty Ellen Frank
    • 7.2 Geese, Golden Eggs, and Traps Chris Tilly
    • 7.3 Inequality Worsens Across Asia John Miller
    • 7.4 Cause of Death: Inequality Alejandro Reuss
    • 7.5 Slicing up at the Long Barbeque James M. Cypher
    • 7.6 The "Double-Taxation" of Corporations Ramaa Vasudevan
    • 7.7 Mind-Boggling Inequality John Miller
  • Chapter 8: Market Failure, Government Policy, and Corporate Governance
    • Introduction
    • 8.1 Shaking the Invisible Hand Chris Tilly
    • 8.2 Sharing the Wealth of the Commons Peter Barnes
    • 8.3 Paying More-Getting LessJoel Harrison
    • 8.4 Pricing the Priceless: Inside the Strange World of Cost-Benefit Analysis Lisa Heinzerling and Frank Ackerman
    • 8.5 U.S. Military Spending and the Cost of the WarsChris Sturr
    • 8.6 Car Trouble: The Automobile as an Environmental and Health Disaster Alejandro Reuss
    • 8.7 Climate Economics in Four Easy Pieces Frank Ackerman
  • Chapter 9 Policy Spotlight: Evaluating Economic Globalization
    • Introduction
    • 9.1 Comparative Advantage Ramaa Vasudevan
    • 9.2 Should Developing Countries Embrace Protectionism? Ellen Frank
    • 9.3 The World Is Not FlatMark Engler
    • 9.4 Globalization: Good for What Ails You?John Miller
    • 9.5 What’s Wrong With Neoliberalism? Robert Pollin
    • 9.6 Nike to the RescueJohn Miller
    • 9.7 International Labor StandardsArthur MacEwan
    • 9.8 Outsized Offshore OutsourcingJohn Miller
    • 9.9 Populism and Neoliberalism in IranRostam Pourzal
    • 9.10 Blood on the PalmsDavid Bacon
  • Contributors