Essentials of economics

Mankiw, N. Gregory

Essentials of economics / N. Gregory Mankiw - Eighth edition - xxxi, 565 pages : illustrations (some color)

Includes index.

Part I. Introduction Chapter 1. Ten principles of economics Chapter 2. Thinking like an economist Chapter 3. Interdependence and the gains from trade Part II. How markets work Chapter 4. The market forces of supply and demand Chapter 5. Elasticity and its application Chapter 6. Supply, demand, and government policies Part III. Markets and welfare Chapter 7. Consumers, producers, and the efficiency of markets Chapter 8. Application : the costs of taxation Chapter 9. Application : international trade Part IV. The economics of the public sector Chapter 10. Externalities Chapter 11. Public goods and common resources Part V. Firm behavior and the organization of industry Chapter 12. The costs of production Chapter 13. Firms in competitive markets Chapter 14. Monopoly Part VI. The data of macroeconomics Chapter 15. Measuring a nation's income Chapter 16. Measuring the cost of living Part VII. The real economy in the long run Chapter 17. Production and growth Chapter 18. Saving, investment, and the financial system Chapter 19. The basic tools of finance Chapter 20. Unemployment Part VIII. Money and prices in the long run Chapter 21. The monetary system Chapter 22. Money growth and inflation Part IX. Short-run economic fluctuations Chapter 23. Aggregate demand and aggregate supply Chapter 24. The influence of monetary and fiscal policy on aggregate demand

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