Real World Micro

Real World Micro cover
Edition:
18th
Date of publication:
April 2011
Pages:
348
ISBN:
978-1-878585-82-0
Price:
$34.95


  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Markets: Ideology and Reality
    • Introduction
    • 1.1 The Ideology of the Free Market Ellen Frank
    • 1.2 Shaking the Invisible HandChris Tilly
    • 1.3 Testing Economics Mark Maier and Julie Nelson
    • 1.4 Inequality, Power, and Ideology Arthur MacEwan
    • 1.5 (Economic) Freedom’s Just Another Word For... Crisis–ProneJohn Miller
  • 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
  • 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 Down with the Clown Raj Patel
    • 3.4 Enough Is Enough: Why More is Not Necessarily Better than Less Alan Durning
    • 3.5 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 Unregulated Work Siobhán McGrath and Nina Martin
    • 4.3 Why CEO Salaries Skyrocket Arthur MacEwan
    • 4.4 Bankruptcy as Corporate Makeover Anne Fischel, Mara Kardas–Nelson, and Lin Nelson
  • 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 The Bailouts Revisited Marty Wolfson
  • Chapter 6: Labor Markets
    • Introduction
    • 6.1 Comparable Worth Amy Gluckman
    • 6.2 Conscripted by Poverty Anna Sussman
    • 6.3 Why the Loss of Manufacturing Jobs?Arthur MacEwan
    • 6.4 Unemployment: A Jobs Deficit or a Skills Deficit?Jeannette Wicks–Lim
    • 6.5 Unemployment Insurance: A Broken SystemMarianne Hill
    • 6.6 Gender and the Recession Heather Boushey
    • 6.7 Hard Work at an Advanced AgeAmy Gluckman
    • 6.8 Chinese Workers Stand Up John Miller
    • 6.9 The Jobs Crisis and the Art of Flexible LaborDan DiMaggio
  • Chapter 7: The Distribution of Income
    • Introduction
    • 7.1 Measures of Poverty Ellen Frank
    • 7.2 Lies, Damned Lies, and Poverty Statistics Jeannette Wicks–Lim
    • 7.3 Geese, Golden Eggs, and Traps Chris Tilly
    • 7.4 The Undeserving RichGar Alperovitz and Lew Daly
    • 7.5 Cause of Death: Inequality Alejandro Reuss
    • 7.6 Slicing up at the Long Barbeque James M. Cypher
    • 7.7 The "Double-Taxation" of Corporations Ramaa Vasudevan
    • 7.8 Have the Rich Won? Sam Pizzigati
  • Chapter 8: Market Failure, Government Policy, and Corporate Governance
    • Introduction
    • 8.1 Sharing the Wealth of the Commons Peter Barnes
    • 8.2 Paying More, Getting LessJoel Harrison
    • 8.3 Pricing the Priceless: Inside the Strange World of Cost-Benefit Analysis Lisa Heinzerling and Frank Ackerman
    • 8.4 Climate Economics in Four Easy Pieces Frank Ackerman
    • 8.5 The True Cost of OilAnita Dancs
    • 8.6 Car Trouble: The Automobile as an Environmental and Health Disaster Alejandro Reuss
  • Chapter 9: Trade and Development
    • Introduction
    • 9.1 Comparative Advantage Ramaa Vasudevan
    • 9.2 The Globalization Clock Thomas Palley
    • 9.3 Should Developing Countries Embrace Protectionism? Ellen Frank
    • 9.4 The World Is Not FlatMark Engler
    • 9.5 Nike to the Rescue?John Miller
    • 9.6 International Labor StandardsArthur MacEwan
    • 9.7 What’s Wrong With Neoliberalism? Robert Pollin
    • 9.8 On the Jasmine RevolutionFadhel Kaboub
    • 9.9 Putting the “Global” in Global Economic CrisisSmriti Rao
    • 9.10 On Strike in ChinaMarie Kennedy and Chris Tilly
    • 9.11 Evo Morales’ Lithium GambleElissa Dennis
  • Chapter 10: Policy Spotlight: Market Failure and the Great Recession
    • Introduction
    • 10.1 The Greed Fallacy Arthur MacEwan
    • 10.2 Bubble Trouble Dean Baker
    • 10.3 Why Are Things Getting Worse and Worse? Arthur MacEwan
    • 10.4 Not Too Big EnoughRob Larson
    • 10.5 UnderwaterRob Larson
    • 10.6 Banking on FraudWilliam K. Black
    • 10.7 Tax Havens and the Financial Crisis Rachel Keeler
  • Contributors