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Chapter |
Section |
Contents |
| One |
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What is Economics? |
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1.1 |
The Economic Problem |
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1.2 |
Economic Theory |
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1.3 |
Opportunity Cost and Choice |
| Two |
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Economic Systems and Economic Tools |
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2.1 |
Economic Questions and Economic Systems |
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2.2 |
Production Possibilities Frontier |
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2.3 |
Comparative Advantage |
| Three |
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U.S. Private and Public Sectors |
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3.1 |
The U.S. Private Sector |
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3.2 |
Regulating the Private Sector |
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3.3 |
Public Goods and Externalities |
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3.4 |
Providing a Safety Net |
| Four |
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Demand |
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4.1 |
The Demand Curve |
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4.2 |
Elasticity of Demand |
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4.3 |
Changes in Demand |
| Five |
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Supply |
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5.1 |
The Supply Curve |
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5.2 |
Shifts of the Supply Curve |
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5.3 |
Production and Cost |
| Six |
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Market Forces |
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6.1 |
Price, Quantity, and Market Equilibrium |
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6.2 |
Shifts of Demand and Supply Curves |
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6.3 |
Market Efficiency and Gains form
Exchange |
| Seven |
|
Markey Structure |
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7.1 |
Perfect Competition and Monopoly |
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7.2 |
Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly |
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7.3 |
Antitrust, Economic Regulation, and
Competition |
| Eight |
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Business |
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8.1 |
Entrepreneurs |
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8.2 |
Sole Proprietorships and Partnerships |
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8.3 |
Corporations and Other Organizations |
| Nine |
|
Labor Markets |
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9.1 |
Demand and Supply of Resources |
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9.2 |
Wage Determination |
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9.3 |
Labor Unions |
| Ten |
|
Financial Markets and Business Growth |
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10.1 |
Production, Consumption, and Time |
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10.2 |
Banks, Interest, and Corporation Finance |
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10.3 |
Business Growth |
| Eleven |
|
Economic Performance |
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11.1 |
Gross Domestic Product |
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11.2 |
Limitations of GDP Estimation |
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11.3 |
Business Cycles |
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11.4 |
Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply |
| Twelve |
|
Economic Growth |
| |
12.1 |
The PPF, Economic Growth, and
Productivity |
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12.2 |
Living Standards and labor Productivity
Growth |
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12.3 |
Issues of Technological Change |
| Thirteen |
|
Economic Challenges |
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13.1 |
Unemployment |
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13.2 |
Inflation |
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13.3 |
Economic Instability |
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13.4 |
Poverty |
| Fourteen |
|
Government Spending Revenue, and Public
Choice |
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14.1 |
Public Goods and Taxation |
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14.2 |
Federal, State, and Local Budgets |
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14.3 |
Economics of Public Choice |
| Fifteen |
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Fiscal Policy |
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15.1 |
The Evolution of Fiscal Policy |
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15.2 |
Fiscal Policy Reconsidered |
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15.3 |
Federal Deficits and Federal Debts |
| Sixteen |
|
Money and Banking |
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16.1 |
Origins of Money |
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16.2 |
Origin of Banking and the Federal
Reserve System |
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16.3 |
Money, Near Money, and Credit Cards |
| Seventeen |
|
Money Creation, the Federal Reserve
System, and Monetary Policy |
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17.1 |
How Banks Work |
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17.2 |
Monetary Policy in the Short Run |
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17.3 |
Monetary Policy in the Long Run |
| Eighteen |
|
International Trade |
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18.1 |
Benefits of Trade |
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18.2 |
Trade Restrictions and Free-Trade
Agreements |
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18.3 |
Balance of Payments |
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18.4 |
Foreign Exchange Rates |
| Nineteen |
|
Economic Development |
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19.1 |
Developing Economic and Industrial
Market Economies |
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19.2 |
Foreign Trade, Foreign Aid, and Economic
Development |
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19.3 |
Riles of the Game, Transition Economies,
and Convergence |
