Table of Contents
Introduction: What Do We Really Know About “Economics?”
Part I – Introductory Topics
Chapter 1: Basic Economics – Wants and Needs
Chapter 2: Managing Scarcity – Decisions
Chapter 3: Common Economic Myths
Part II – Microeconomics
Chapter 4: Supply and Demand – How Markets Work
Chapter 5: The Microeconomics Business Cycle
Chapter 6: Production and Output
Chapter 7: Price and Elasticity
Chapter 8: Substitutes and Complements
Chapter 9: Factor Markets
Chapter 10: Marginal Analysis
Chapter 11: Market Equilibrium
Chapter 12: Organizations: Perfect Competition
Chapter 13: Competition and Economic Game Theory
Chapter 14: Market Structures
Part III – Macroeconomics
Chapter 15: Gross Domestic Product
Chapter 16: Unemployment and Labor Force Participation
Chapter 17: Inflation and Recession
Chapter 18: The Macroeconomics Business Cycle
Chapter 19: Consumption Versus Savings
Chapter 20: The Role of Government
Bibliography
Glossary
Index |