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Student Edition
Instructor Edition
Economics, 6/e

David Colander, Middlebury College

ISBN: 007297883x
Copyright year: 2006

Table of Contents



Part 1 Introduction: Thinking Like and Economist
Chapter 1Economics and Economic Reasoning
Chapter 2Trade, Trade-Offs, and Government Policy
Chapter 3The Evolving US Economy in Perspective
Chapter 4Supply and Demand
Chapter 5Using Supply and Demand
  
Part 2:Microeconomics
 I. Microeconomics: The Basics
Chapter 6Describing Supply and Demand: Elasticities
Chapter 7Taxation and Government Intervention
  
 II. Foundations of Supply and Demand
Chapter 8The Logic of Individual Choice:
 The Foundation of Supply and Demand
Chapter 9Production and Cost Analysis I
Chapter 10Production and Cost Analysis II
  
 

III. Market Structure and Policy

Chapter 11Perfect Competition
Chapter 12Monopoly
Chapter 13Monopolisitic Competition, Oligopoly, and Strategic Pricing
Chapter 14Real-World Competition and Technology
Chapter 15Antitrust Policy and Regulation
  
 IV. Factor Markets
Chapter 16Work and the Labor Market
Chapter 17Who Gets What? The Distribution of Income
  
 V. Applying Economic Reasoning to Policy
Chapter 18Government Policy and Market Failures
Chapter 19Politics and Economics: The Case of Agricultural Markets
Chapter 20Microeconomic Policy, Economic Reasoning, and Beyond
Chapter 21International Trade Policy, Comparative Advantage, and Outsourcing
  
Part 3: Macroeconomics
 I. Macroeconomic Problems
Chapter 22Economic Growth, Business Cycles, Unemployment, and Inflation
Chapter 23National Income Accounting
  
 II. The Macroeconomic Framework
Chapter 24Growth, Productivity, and the Wealth of Nations
Chapter 25Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply,
 and Modern Macroeconomics
Chapter 26The Multiplier Model
  
 III. Money, Inflation, and Monetary Policy
Chapter 27Money, Banking, and the Financial Sector
Chapter 28Monetary Policy and Debate about Macro Policy
Chapter 29Inflation and Its Relationship to Unemployment and Growth
  
 IV. Macro Policies in Perspective
Chapter 30Aggregate Demand Policy in Perspective
Chapter 31Politics, Deficits, and Debt
Chapter 32Macro Policies in Developing Countries
  
 V. International Policy Issues
Chapter 33International Financial Policy
Chapter 34Macro Policy in a Global Setting
  
 Bonus Web Chapter
 Nonwage and Asset Income: Rents, Profits, and Internet
  
 Glossary
 Colloquial Glossary
 Index

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