Economics / Paul A. Samuelson and William D. Nordhaus

Content includes

Part One: Basic Concepts
1 The Fundamentals of Economics
2 Markets and Government in a Modern Economy
3 Basic Elements of Supply and Demand

Part Two: Microeconomics: Supply, Demand, and Product Markets
4 Applications of Supply and Demand
5 Demand and Consumer Behavior
6 Production and Business Organization
7 Analysis of Costs
8 Analysis of Perfectly Competitive Markets
9 Competition and Its Polar Case of Monopoly
10 Oligopoly and Monopolistic Competition
11 Uncertainty and Game Theory

Part Three: Factor Markets: Labor, Land, and Capital
12 How Markets Determine Incomes
13 The Labor Market
14 Land and Capital

Part Four: Applied Microeconomics: International Trade, Government, and the Environment
15 Comparative Advantage and Protectionism
16 Government Taxation and Expenditure
17 Promoting More Efficient Markets
18 Protecting the Environment
19 Efficiency vs. Equality: The Big Tradeoff

Part Five: Macroeconomics: Economic Growth and Business Cycles
20 Overview of Macroeconomics
21 Measuring Economic Activity
22 Consumption and Investment
23 Business Fluctuations and the Theory of Aggregate Demand
24 The Multiplier Model
25 Money, Banking, and Financial Markets
26 Central Banking and Monetary Policy

Part Six: Economic Growth and Macroeconomic Policy
27 The Process of Economic Growth
28 The Challenge of Economic Development
29 Exchange Rates and the International Financial System
30 Open-Economy Macroeconomics

Part Seven: Unemployment, Inflation, and Economic Policy
31 Unemployment and the Foundations of Aggregate Supply
32 Ensuring Price Stability
33 The Warring Schools of Macroeconomics
34 Policies for Growth and Stability

Includes index