Taylor, Lance creator text New YorkUS Basic Books 1983 monographic ix, 234 p. Provides simple and empirically grounded mathematical models for specific groupings viz. mineral exporters, countries with endemic inflation or important food sectors. Discusses quantity, price and competitive adjustment in a one-sector model, longer-term patterns of growth and income distribution in two-sector models, as well as fixprice/flexprice models. Other topics include financial markets, open-economy problems of stabilization and growth, and trade patterns and growth in the North and South. 3/7/00 M2LMGR 03.01.01 T243