Microeconomics

Part I: THE ECONOMIC WAY OF THINKING. 1. The Economic Approach. 2. Some Tools of the Economist. Part II: MARKETS AND GOVERNMENT. 3. Demand, Supply, and the Market Process. 4. Supply and Demand: Applications and Extensions. 5. Difficult Cases for the Market, and the Role of Government. 6. The Economics of Political Action. Part III: CORE MICROECONOMICS. 7. Consumer Choice and Elasticity. 8. Costs and the Supply of Goods. 9. Price Takers and the Competitive Process. 10. Price-Searcher Markets with Low Entry Barriers. 11. Price-Searcher Markets with High Entry Barriers. 12. The Supply of and Demand for Productive Resources. 13. Earnings, Productivity, and the Job Market. 14. Investment, the Capital Market, and the Wealth of Nations. 15. Income Inequality and Poverty. Part IV: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS. 16. Gaining from International Trade. Part V: APPLYING THE BASICS: SPECIAL TOPICS IN ECONOMICS. Special Topic 1. Government Spending and Taxation. Special Topic 2. The Economics of Social Security. Special Topic 3. The Stock Market: Its Function, Performance, and Potential as an Investment Opportunity. Special Topic 4. Great Debates in Economics: Keynes versus Hayek. Special Topic 5. The Crisis of 2008: Causes and Lessons for the Future. Special Topic 6. Lessons from the Great Depression. Special Topic 7. The Federal Budget and the National Debt. Special Topic 8. Earnings Differences Between Men and Women. Special Topic 9. Do Labor Unions Increase the Wages of Workers? Special Topic 10. The Question of Resource Exhaustion. Special Topic 11. Difficult Environmental Cases and the Role of Government. Appendix A: General Business and Economics Indicators for the United States. Appendix B: Answers to Selected Critical Analysis Questions.