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Chapter 1 - Ten Principles Of EconomicsChapter 1.1 - How People Make DecisionsChapter 1.2 - How People InteractChapter 1.3 - How The Economy As A Whole WorksChapter 2 - Thinking Like An EconomistChapter 2.1 - The Economist As ScientistChapter 2.2 - The Economist As Policy AdviserChapter 3 - Interdependence And The Gains From TradeChapter 3.1 - A Parable For The Modern EconomyChapter 3.2 - Comparative Advantage: The Driving Force Of Specilization
Chapter 3.3 - Applications Of Comparative AdvantageChapter 4 - The Market Forces Of Supply And DemandChapter 4.1 - Markets And CompetitionChapter 4.2 - DemandChapter 4.3 - SupplyChapter 4.4 - Supply And Demand TogetherChapter 5 - Elastic And Its ApplicationChapter 5.1 - The Elasticity Of DemandChapter 5.2 - The Elasticity Of SupplyChapter 5.3 - Three Applications Of Supply, Demand, And ElasticityChapter 6 - Supply, Demand And Government PoliciesChapter 6.1 - Controls On PricesChapter 6.2 - TaxesChapter 7 - Consumers, Producers, And The Efficiency Of MarketsChapter 7.1 - Consumer SurplusChapter 7.2 - Producer SurplusChapter 7.3 - Market EfficiencyChapter 8 - Application: The Cost Of TaxationChapter 8.1 - The Deadweight Loss Of TaxationChapter 8.2 - The Determinants Of The Deadweight LossChapter 8.3 - Deadweight Loss And Tax Revenue As Taxes VaryChapter 9 - Application: International TradeChapter 9.1 - The Determinants Of TradeChapter 9.2 - The Winners And Losers From TradeChapter 9.3 - The Arguments For Restricting TradeChapter 10 - ExternalitiesChapter 10.1 - Externalities And Market InefficiencyChapter 10.2 - Public Policies Toward ExternalitiesChapter 10.3 - Private Solutions To ExternalitiesChapter 11 - Public Goods And Common ResourcesChapter 11.1 - The Different Kinds Of GoodsChapter 11.2 - Public GoodsChapter 11.3 - Common ResourcesChapter 12 - The Cost Of ProductionChapter 12.1 - What Are Costs?Chapter 12.2 - Production And CostsChapter 12.3 - The Various Measures Of CostChapter 12.4 - Costs In The Short Run And In The Long RunChapter 13 - Firms In Competitive MarketsChapter 13.1 - What Is A Competitive Market?Chapter 13.2 - Profit Maximization And The Competitive Firm's Supply CurveChapter 13.3 - The Supply Curve In A Competitive MarketChapter 14 - MonopolyChapter 14.1 - Why Monopolies AriseChapter 14.2 - How Monopolies Make Production And Pricing DecisionsChapter 14.3 - The Welfare Cost Of MonopoliesChapter 14.4 - Price DiscriminationChapter 14.5 - Public Policy Toward MonopoliesChapter 15 - Measuring A Nation's IncomeChapter 15.1 - The Economy's Income And ExpenditureChapter 15.2 - The Measurement Of GdpChapter 15.3 - The Components Of GdpChapter 15.4 - Real Versus Nominal GdpChapter 15.5 - Is Gdp A Good Measure Of Economic Wellbeing?Chapter 16 - Measuring The Cost Of LivingChapter 16.1 - The Consumer Price IndexChapter 16.2 - Correcting Economic Variables For The Effects Of InflationChapter 17 - Production And GrowthChapter 17.1 - Economic Growth Around The WorldChapter 17.2 - Productivity: Its Role And DeterminantsChapter 17.3 - Economic: Growth And Public PolicyChapter 18 - Savings,investment And The Financial SystemChapter 18.1 - Financial Institutions In The U.s. EconomyChapter 18.2 - Saving And Investment In The National Income AccountsChapter 18.3 - The Market For Loanable FundChapter 19 - The Basic Tools Of FinanceChapter 19.1 - Present Value: Measuring The Time Value Of MoneyChapter 19.2 - Managing RiskChapter 19.3 - Asset ValuationChapter 20 - UnemploymentChapter 20.1 - Identifying UnemploymentChapter 20.2 - Job SearchChapter 20.3 - Minimum-wage LawsChapter 20.4 - Unions And Collective BargainingChapter 20.5 - The Theory Of Efficiency WagesChapter 21 - The Monetary SystemChapter 21.1 - The Meaning Of MoneyChapter 21.2 - The Federal Reserve SystemChapter 21.3 - Banks And The Money SupplyChapter 21.4 - The Fed's Tools Of Monetary ControlChapter 22 - Money Growth And InflationChapter 22.1 - The Classical Theory Of InflationChapter 22.2 - The Costs Of InflationChapter 23 - Aggregate Demand And Aggregate SupplyChapter 23.1 - Three Key Facts About Economic FluctuationsChapter 23.2 - Explaining Short·run Economic FluctuationsChapter 23.3 - The Aggregate Demand CurveChapter 23.4 - The Aggregate-supply CurveChapter 23.5 - Two Causes Of Economic FluctuationsChapter 24 - The Influence Of Monetary And Fiscal Policy On Aggregate DemandChapter 24.1 - How Monetary Policy Influences Aggregate DemandChapter 24.2 - How Fiscal Policy Influences Aggregate DemandChapter 24.3 - Using Policy To Stabilize The Economy
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