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Tables of Contents for Economics for Today
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
PART I INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS
1
112
1 Introducing the Economic Way of Thinking
1
32
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 1 Applying Graphs to Economics
20
13
2 Production Possibilities and Opportunity Cost
33
20
3 Market Demand and Supply
53
30
4 Markets in Action
83
30
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 4 Applying Supply and Demand Analysis to Health Care
108
5
PART II MICROECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS
113
68
5 Price Elasticity of Demand and Supply
113
26
6 Consumer Choice Theory
139
14
7 Production Costs
153
28
PART III MARKET STRUCTURES
181
100
8 Perfect Competition
181
28
9 Monopoly
209
24
10 Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly
233
25
11 Labor Markets
258
23
PART IV MICROECONOMIC POLICY ISSUES
281
72
12 Income Distribution, Poverty, and Discrimination
281
26
13 Antitrust and Regulation
307
25
14 Environmental Economics
332
21
PART V MACROECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS
353
71
15 Gross Domestic Product
353
27
16 Business Cycles and Unemployment
380
24
17 Inflation
404
20
PART VI MACROECONOMIC THEORY AND POLICY
424
140
18 The Keynesian Model
424
25
19 The Keynesian Model in Action
449
23
20 Aggregate Demand and Supply
472
26
21 Fiscal Policy
498
20
22 The Public Sector
518
24
23 Federal Deficits, Surpluses, and the National Debt
542
22
PART VII MONEY, BANKING, AND MONETARY POLICY
564
93
24 Money and the Federal Reserve System
564
21
25 Money Creation
585
21
26 Monetary Policy
606
27
27 The Phillips Curve and Expectations Theory
633
24
PART VIII THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY
657
80
28 International Trade and Finance
657
31
29 Comparative Economic Systems
688
23
30 Growth and the Less-Developed Countries
711
26
APPENDIX A Answers to Odd-Numbered Study Questions and Problems
737
18
APPENDIX B Practice Quiz Answers
755
4
APPENDIX C United States Gross Domestic Product and Related Statistics
759
8
Glossary
767
12
Index
779