| Part 1: Working With Economics |
| ___1. | The Economic Problem |
| ___ | What Economists Do |
| | Economic Choice |
| | The Production Possibilities Model |
| | Economic Systems |
| | Advancing Economic Thought: Adam Smith |
| | Sideline: Economics as an Art (Economic Models) |
| 2. | Demand and Supply |
| | The Role of Demand |
| | The Role of Supply |
| | How Competitive Markets Operate |
| | Advancing Economic Thought: William Stanley Jevons |
| | Sideline: Rising Through the Ranks (Indifference Curves) |
| 3. | Competitive Dynamics and Government |
| | Price Elasticity of Demand |
| | Price Elasticity of Supply |
| | Price Controls |
| | Spillover Effects |
| | Advancing Economic Thought: Alfred Marshall |
| | Sideline: For the Public Good (The Economic Role of Government) |
Part 2: Efficiency and Equity |
| 4. | Costs of Production |
| | Business Organization |
| | Production, Costs, and Profit |
| | Production in the Short Run |
| | Costs in the Short Run |
| | Production and Costs in the Long Run |
| | Advancing Economic Thought: John Kenneth Galbraith |
| | Sideline: The Profit Game |
| 5. | Perfect Competition |
| | Market Structures |
| | Perfect Competition in the Short Run |
| | Perfect Competition in the Long Run |
| | Benefits of Perfect Competition |
| | Advancing Economic Thought: Karl Marx |
| 6. | Monopoly and Imperfect Competition |
| | Demand Differences |
| | Monopoly |
| | Imperfect Competition |
| | Traits of Imperfect Competition |
| | Advancing Economic Thought: Joseph Schumpeter |
| | Sideline: Pumping up Price (OPEC) |
| 7. | Wages, Rent, Interest, and Profit |
| | How Resource Markets Operate |
| | Other Topics Relating to Resource Demand |
| | Wages and Their Determinants |
| | Other Resource Incomes |
| | Advancing Economic Thought: David Ricardo |
| | Sideline: Power in Numbers (Labour Unions) |
| 8. | Income Distribution |
| | The Distribution of Income |
| | Poverty |
| | The Canadian Welfare Society |
| | Advancing Economic Thought: Thomas Malthus |
Part 3: Economic Stability |
| 9. | Measures of Economic Activity |
| | Gross Domestic Product |
| | GDP and Living Standards |
| | Other Economic Measures |
| | Advancing Economic Thought: Mahbub ul Haq |
| 10. | Inflation and Unemployment |
| | Inflation |
| | Unemployment |
| | Advancing Economic Thought: David Foot |
| 11. | Economic Fluctuations |
| | Aggregate Demand |
| | Aggregate Supply |
| | Equilibrium |
| | Economic Growth and Business Cycles |
| | Advancing Economic Thought: Paul Romer |
| 12. | Fiscal Policy |
| | Fiscal Policy |
| | The Spending Multiplier |
| | Impact of Fiscal Policy |
| | Appendix: The Aggregate Expenditures Model |
| | Advancing Economic Thought: John Maynard Keynes |
| | Sideline: The Debate Over Public Debt |
| 13. | Money |
| | Money and its Uses |
| | The Money Market |
| | Money Creation |
| | Advancing Economic Thought: Harold Innis |
| | Sideline: As Good as Gold (History of Money) |
| 14. | Monetary Policy |
| | The Bank of Canada |
| | Monetary Policy |
| | Tools of Monetary Policy |
| | Inflation and Unemployment |
| | Advancing Economic Thought: Milton Friedman |
| | Sideline: Zeroing In (Bank of Canada Policy) |
Part 4: Canada in the Global Economy |
| 15. | The Foreign Sector |
| | The Balance of Payments |
| | Exchange Rates |
| | Exchange Rate Systems |
| | Advancing Economic Thought: Judith Maxwell |
| | Sideline: Going Global |
| 16. | Foreign Trade |
| | Canada's Foreign Trade |
| | The Case for Trade |
| | The Impact of Trade Protection |
| | Trade Policies |
| | Advancing Economic Thought: John Helliwell |
| 17. | Economic Growth |
| | Economic Growth |
| | Economic Development |
| | Advancing Economic Thought: Nuala Beck |
| | Sideline: Finding the Key: Long-term Growth and the Role of Ideas |
2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education