Introduction: The Nature of Economics; Scarcity and the World of Trade-Offs; Demand and Supply; Extensions of Demand and Supply Analysis; The Public Sector and Public Choice; Taxes, Transfers, and Public Spending; Dimensions of Microeconomics: Consumer Choice; Demand and Supply Elasticity; Rents, Profits, and the Financial Environment of Business; Market Structure, Resource Allocation, and Regulation: The Firm: Cost and Output Determination; Perfect Competition; Monopoly; MonopolisticCompetition; Oligopoly and Strategic Behavior; Regulation and Antitrust Policy in a Globalized Economy; Labor Resources and the Environment: The Labor Market: Demand, Supply, and Outsourcing; Unions and Labor Market Monopoly Power; Income, Poverty, and Health Care; Environmental Economics; Global Economics: Comparative Advantage and the Open Economy; Exchange Rates and the Balance of Payments.

For all readers interested in principles of microeconomics. '

Roger LeRoy Miller received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He is currently Director of the Institute for University Studies in Arlington, Texas. Dr. Miller is a legal specialist and author of numerous books on law and the legal environment, including criminal procedure. In addition, Dr. Miller has authored books on the war on drugs, the economics of crime and criminal behavior, and on related topics.

Chapter 1:   The Nature of Economics

Chapter 2:   Scarcity and the World of Trade-Offs

Chapter 3:   Demand and Supply

Chapter 4:   Extensions of Demand and Supply Analysis

Chapter 5:   Public Spending and Public Choice

Chapter 6:   Funding the Public Sector

Part 5:   Dimensions of Microeconomics

Chapter 20:   Consumer Choice

Chapter 21:   Demand and Supply Elasticity

Chapter 22:   Rents, Profits, and the Financial Environment of Business

Part 6:   Market Structure, Resource Allocation, and Regulation

Chapter 23:   The Firm: Cost and Output Determination

Chapter 24:   Perfect Competition

Chapter 25:   Monopoly

Chapter 26:   Monopolistic Competition

Chapter 27:   Oligopoly and Strategic Behavior 

Chapter 28:   Regulation and Antitrust Policy in a Globalized Economy

Part 7:   Labor Resources and the Environment

Chapter 29:   The Labor Market: Demand, Supply, and Outsourcing

Chapter 30:   Unions and Labor Market Monopoly Power

Chapter 31:   Income, Poverty, and Health Care

Chapter 32:   Environmental Economics

Part 8:   Global Economics

Chapter 33:   Comparative Advantage and the Open Economy

Chapter 34:   Exchange Rates and the Balance of Payments  '