| Part 1 | Introduction: Thinking Like and Economist |
| Chapter 1 | Economics and Economic Reasoning |
| Chapter 2 | Trade, Trade-Offs, and Government Policy |
| Chapter 3 | The Evolving US Economy in Perspective |
| Chapter 4 | Supply and Demand |
| Chapter 5 | Using Supply and Demand |
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| Part 2: | Microeconomics |
| | I. Microeconomics: The Basics |
| Chapter 6 | Describing Supply and Demand: Elasticities |
| Chapter 7 | Taxation and Government Intervention |
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| | II. Foundations of Supply and Demand |
| Chapter 8 | The Logic of Individual Choice: |
| | The Foundation of Supply and Demand |
| Chapter 9 | Production and Cost Analysis I |
| Chapter 10 | Production and Cost Analysis II |
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| | III. Market Structure and Policy |
| Chapter 11 | Perfect Competition |
| Chapter 12 | Monopoly |
| Chapter 13 | Monopolisitic Competition, Oligopoly, and Strategic Pricing |
| Chapter 14 | Real-World Competition and Technology |
| Chapter 15 | Antitrust Policy and Regulation |
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| | IV. Factor Markets |
| Chapter 16 | Work and the Labor Market |
| Chapter 17 | Who Gets What? The Distribution of Income |
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| | V. Applying Economic Reasoning to Policy |
| Chapter 18 | Government Policy and Market Failures |
| Chapter 19 | Politics and Economics: The Case of Agricultural Markets |
| Chapter 20 | Microeconomic Policy, Economic Reasoning, and Beyond |
| Chapter 21 | International Trade Policy, Comparative Advantage, and Outsourcing |
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| Part 3: | Macroeconomics |
| | I. Macroeconomic Problems |
| Chapter 22 | Economic Growth, Business Cycles, Unemployment, and Inflation |
| Chapter 23 | National Income Accounting |
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| | II. The Macroeconomic Framework |
| Chapter 24 | Growth, Productivity, and the Wealth of Nations |
| Chapter 25 | Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply, |
| | and Modern Macroeconomics |
| Chapter 26 | The Multiplier Model |
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| | III. Money, Inflation, and Monetary Policy |
| Chapter 27 | Money, Banking, and the Financial Sector |
| Chapter 28 | Monetary Policy and Debate about Macro Policy |
| Chapter 29 | Inflation and Its Relationship to Unemployment and Growth |
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| | IV. Macro Policies in Perspective |
| Chapter 30 | Aggregate Demand Policy in Perspective |
| Chapter 31 | Politics, Deficits, and Debt |
| Chapter 32 | Macro Policies in Developing Countries |
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| | V. International Policy Issues |
| Chapter 33 | International Financial Policy |
| Chapter 34 | Macro Policy in a Global Setting |
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| | Bonus Web Chapter |
| | Nonwage and Asset Income: Rents, Profits, and Internet |
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| | Glossary |
| | Colloquial Glossary |
| | Index |