Principles of economics / Joshua Gans ...[et al.]

Contents:
Pt. 1. Introduction
Ch. 1. Ten principles from economics
Ch. 2. Thinking like an economist
Ch. 3. Interdependence and the gains from trade

Pt. 2. Supply and demand I: How markets work
Ch. 4. The market forces of supply and demand
Ch. 5. Elasticity and its application
Ch. 6. Supply, demand and government policies

Pt. 3. Supply and demand II: Markets and welfare
Ch. 7. Consumers, producers and the efficiency of markets
Ch. 8. Application: The costs of taxation
Ch. 9. Application: International trade

Pt. 4. The economics of the public sector
Ch. 10. Externalities
Ch. 11. Public goods and common resources
Ch. 12. The design of the tax system

Pt. 5. Firm behaviour and the organisation of industry
Ch. 13. The costs of production
Ch. 14. Firms in competitive markets
Ch. 15. Monopoly
Ch. 16. Business strategy
Ch. 17. Competition policy
Ch. 18. Monopolistic competition

Pt. 6. The economics of labour markets
Ch. 19. The markets for the factors of production
Ch. 20. Earnings, unions and discrimination
Ch. 21. Income inequity and poverty

Pt. 7. Advanced Topic
Ch. 22. The theory of consumer choice

Pt. 8. The data of macroeconomics
Ch. 23. Measuring a nation's income
Ch. 24. Measuring the cost of living

Pt. 9. The real economy in the long run
Ch. 25. Production and growth
Ch. 26. Saving, investment and the financial system
Ch. 27. The natural rate of unemployment

Pt. 10. Money and prices in the long run
Ch. 28. The monetary system
Ch. 29. Inflation: Its causes and costs

Pt. 11. The macroeconomics of open economies
Ch. 30. Open-economy macroeconomics: Basic concepts
Ch. 31. A macroeconomic theory of the open economy

Pt. 12. Short-run economic fluctuations
Ch. 32. Aggregate demand and aggregate supply
Ch. 33. The influence of monetary and fiscal policy on aggregate demand
Ch. 34. The short-run trade-off between inflation and unemployment

Pt. 13. Final thoughts
Ch. 35. Five debates over macroeconomic policy.
Includes bibliographical references and index.