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-- For two-semester Principles of Economics courses at two- and four-year colleges and universities
A practice-oriented learning system that breaks the traditional textbook mold
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Table of Contents
I. Introduction 1. Getting Started
2. The U.S. and Global Economies
3. The Economic Problem
4. Demand and Supply
II. A Closer Look at Markets
5. Elasticities of Demand and Supply
6. Efficiency and Fairness of Markets
III. How Governments Influence the Economy
7. Government Actions in Markets
8. Taxes
9. Global Markets in Action
IV. Market Failure and Public Policy
10. Externalities
11. Public Goods and Common Resources
12. Markets with Private Information
V. A Closer Look at Decision Makers
13. Consumer Choice and Demand
14 Production and Cost
VI. Prices, Profits, and Industry Performance
15 Perfect Competition
16 Monopoly
17 Monopolistic Competition
18 Oligopoly
VII. Incomes and Inequality
19 Markets for Factors of Production
20 Economic Inequality
VIII. Monitoring the Macroeconomy
21. GDP: A Measure of Total Production and Income
22. Jobs and Unemployment
23. The CPI and the Cost of Living
IX. The Real Economy
24. Potential GDP and the Natural Unemployment Rate
25. Economic Growth
26. Finance, Saving, and Investment
X. The Money Economy
27. The Monetary System
28. Money, Interest, and Inflation
XI. Economic Fluctuations
29. Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand
30. Aggregate Expenditure Multiplier
31. The Short-Run Policy Tradeoff
XII. Macroeconomic Policy
32. Fiscal Policy
33. Monetary Policy
34. International Finance