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pt. 1. Introduction. What is economics? -- The economic problem -- pt. 2. How markets work. Demand and supply -- Elasticity -- Efficiency and equity -- Markets in action -- pt. 3. Households' choices. Utility and demand -- Possibilities, preferences, and choices -- pt. 4. Firms and markets. Organizing production -- Output and costs -- Perfect competition -- Monopoly -- Monopolistic competition and oligopoly -- pt. 5. Market failure and government. Regulation and antitrust law -- Externalities -- Public goods and common resources -- pt. 6. Factor markets, inequality, and uncertainty. Demand and supply in factor markets -- Economic inequality -- Uncertainty and information -- pt. 7. Macroeconomic overview. A first look at macroeconomics -- Measuring GDP and economic growth -- Monitoring cycles, jobs, and the price level -- Aggregated supply and aggregate demand -- pt. 8. Aggregate supply and economic growth. The economy at full employment : the classical model -- Economic growth -- pt. 9. Aggregate demand, money, and inflation. Money, banks, and the Federal Reserve -- Money, interest, real GDP, and the price level -- Inflation -- pt. 10. Economic fluctuations and stabilizations policy. Expenditure multipliers : the Keynesian model -- The business cycle -- Fiscal policy -- Monetary policy -- pt. 11. The global economy. Trading with the world -- International finance. |