Economics : Principles, Problems, And Policies

PART ONE: An Introduction to Economics and the Economy1 The Nature and Method of Economics2 The Economizing Problem3 Individual Markets: Demand and Supply4 The Market System5 The U.S. Economy: Private and Public Sectors6 The United States in the Global EconomyPART TWO: Macroeconomic Measurement and Basic Concepts7 Measuring Domestic Output and National Income8 Introduction to Economic Growth and Instability9 Basic Macroeconomic RelationshipsPART THREE: Macroeconomic Models and Fiscal Policy10 The Aggregate Expenditures Model11 Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply12 Fiscal PolicyPART FOUR: Money, Banking, and Monetary Policy13 Money and Banking14 How Banks and Thrifts Create Money15 Monetary PolicyPART FIVE: Long-Run Perspectives and Macroeconomic Debates16 Extending the Analysis of Aggregate Supply17 Economic Growth18 Deficits, Surpluses, and the Public Debt19 Disputes over Macro Theory and PolicyPART SIX: Microeconomics of Product Markets20 Elasticity of Demand and Supply21 Consumer Behavior and Utility Maximization22 The Costs of Production23 Pure Competition24 Pure Monopoly25 Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly26 Technology, R&D, and EfficiencyPART SEVEN: Microeconomics of Resource Markets27 The Demand for Resources28 Wage Determination29 Rent, Interest, and ProfitPART EIGHT: Microeconomics of Government30 Government and Market Failure31 Public Choice Theory and the Economics of TaxationPART NINE: Microeconomic Issues and Policies32 Antitrust Policy and Regulation33 Agriculture: Economics and Policy34 Income Inequality and Poverty35 Labor Market Institutions and Issues: Unionism, Discrimination, Immigration36 The Economics of Health CarePART TEN: International Economics and the World Economy37 International Trade38 Exchange Rates, the Balance of Payments, and Trade Deficits39W The Economics of Developing Countries40W Transition Economies: Russia and China