Foundations of Economics, 8th edition

Part 1: Introduction

1. Getting Started

2. The U.S. and Global Economies

3. The Economic Problem

4. Demand and Supply

 

Part 2: A Closer Look at Markets

5. Elasticities of Demand and Supply

6. Efficiency of Fairness and Markets

 

Part 3: How Governments Influence the Economy

7. Government Actions in Markets

8. Taxes

9. Global Markets in Action

 

Part 4: Market Failures and Public Policy

10. Externalities

11. Public Goods and Common Resources

12. Private Information and Healthcare Markets

 

Part 5: A Closer Look At Decision Makers

13. Consumer Choice and Demand

14. Production and Cost

 

Part 6: Prices, Profits, and Industry Performance

15. Perfect Competition

16. Monopoly

17. Monopolistic Competition

18. Oligopoly

 

Part 7: Incomes and Inequality

19. Markets for Factors of Production

20. Economic Inequality

 

Part 8: Monitoring the Macroeconomy

21. GDP: A Measure Of Total Production and Income

22. Jobs and Unemployment

23. The CPI and the Cost of Living

 

Part 9: The Real Economy

24. Potential GDP and the Natural Unemployment Rate

25. Economic Growth

26. Finance, Saving, and Investment

 

Part 10: The Money Economy

27: The Monetary System

28: Money, Interest, and Inflation

 

Part 11: Economic Fluctuations

29. Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand

30. Aggregate Expenditure Multiplier

31. The Short-Run Policy Tradeoff

 

Part 12: Macroeconomic Policy

32. Fiscal Policy

33. Monetary Policy

34. International Finance