Economics Book

PART I ECONOMICS THE SCIENCE OF SCARCITY. 1 What Economics Is About. Appendix A: Working with Diagrams. Appendix B: Should You Major in Economics? 2 Production Possibilities Frontier. 3 Supply and Demand: Theory. 4 Prices: Free, Controlled, and Relative. 5 Supply, Demand, and Price: Applications. PART II MACROECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS. 6 Macroeconomic Measurements, Part I: Prices and Unemployment. 7 Macroeconomic Measurements, Part II: GDP and Real GDP. PART III MACROECONOMIC STABILITY, INSTABILITY, AND FISCAL POLICY. 8 Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply. 9 Classical Macroeconomics and the Self-Regulating Economy. 10 Keynesian Macroeconomics and Economic Instability: A Critique of the Self-Regulating Economy. 11 Fiscal Policy and the Federal Budget. PART IV MONEY, THE ECONOMY, AND MONETARY POLICY. 12 Money, Banking and the Financial System. 13 The Federal Reserve System. 14 Money and the Economy. 15 Monetary Policy. Appendix C: Bond Prices and Interest Rates. PART V EXPECTATIONS AND GROWTH. 16 Expectations Theory and the Economy. 17 Economic Growth: Resources, Technology, Ideas and Institutions. PART VI THE FINANCIAL CRISIS OF 2007-2009. 18 The Financial Crisis of 2007-2009. PART VII GOVERNMENT AND THE ECONOMY. 19 Debates in Macroeconomics Over the Role and Effects of Government. PART VIII MICROECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS. 20 Elasticity. 21 Consumer Choice and Behavioral Economics. Appendix D: Budget Constraint and Indifference Curve Analysis. Part IX Product Markets and Policies. 22 Perfect Competition. 23 Monopoly. 24 Monopolistic Competition, Oligopoly, and Game Theory. 25 Government and Product Markets: Antitrust and Regulation. PART X FACTOR MARKETS AND RELATED ISSUES. 26 Factor Markets: With Emphasis on the Labor Market. 27 Wages, Unions, and Labor. 28 The Distribution of Income and Poverty. 29 Interest, Rent, and Profit. PART XI MARKET FAILURE, PUBLIC CHOICE, AND SPECIAL-INTEREST-GROUP POLITICS. 30 Market Failure: Externalities, Public Goods, and Asymmetric Information. 31 Public Choice and Special-Interest-Group Politics. PART XII GOVERNMENT AND MARKETS. 32 The Economic Case For and Against Government: Five Topics Considered. PART XIII: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS AND GLOBALIZATION 33 International Trade. 34 International Finance. 35 Globalization and International Impacts on the Economy. PART XIV: FINANCIAL MATTERS. 36 Stocks, Bonds, Futures, and Options. PART XV: WEB CHAPTER. 37 Agriculture: Problems, Policies, and Unintended Effects.