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About the Authors
Preface
1. Chapter 1
Douglas Curtis and Ian Irvine
2. Defining Economics
3. The Field of Economics
4. The Economists’ Tool Kit
5. Firms in Society
6. Review and Practice
7. Appendix A: Graphs in Economics
8. Appendix B: How to Construct and Interpret Graphs
9. Appendix C: Nonlinear Relationships and Graphs without Numbers
10. Appendix D: Using Graphs and Charts to Show Values of Variables
11. Chapter 1 Appendix Problems
12. Demand
13. Supply
14. Demand, Supply, and Equilibrium
15. Demand, Supply, and Economic Efficiency
16. Review and Practice
17. The Logic of Maximizing Behavior
18. Consumer Preferences
19. The Concept of Utility
20. Utility Maximization and Demand
21. Review And Practice
22. Introduction to Elasticity
23. Responsiveness of Demand to Other Factors
24. The Price Elasticity of Demand
25. Price Elasticity of Supply
26. Elasticity and Taxes
27. Review and Practice
28. Production Choices and Costs: The Short Run
29. Production Choices and Costs: The Long Run
30. Review and Practice
31. Perfect Competition: A Model
32. Output Determination in the Short Run
33. Perfect Competition in the Long Run
34. The Labor Market
35. Labor Markets at Work
36. The Demand for Labor
37. The Supply of Labor
38. Review and Practice
39. The Nature of Monopoly
40. The Monopoly Model
41. Assessing Monopoly
42. Price-Setting Buyers: The Case of Monopsony
43. Price Setters on the Supply Side
44. Review and Practice
45. Monopolistic Competition: Competition Among Many
46. Oligopoly: Competition Among the Few
47. Extensions of Imperfect Competition: Advertising and Price Discrimination
48. Review and Practice
49. Government Intervention in Market Prices: Price Floors and Price Ceilings
50. Market Failure
51. The Role of Government in a Market Economy
52. Financing Government
53. Choices in the Public Sector
54. Antitrust Laws and Their Interpretation
55. Antitrust and Competitiveness in a Global Economy
56. Regulation: Protecting People from the Market
57. Review and Practice
58. The Economics of the Environment
59. Maximizing the Net Benefits of Pollution
60. Alternatives in Pollution Control
61. Inequality, Poverty, and Discrimination
62. The Economics of Poverty
63. Income Inequality
64. The Economics of Discrimination
65. Review and Practice
Appendix
Thanks to:
Agatha Constance
for catching typos!
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