Chapter 1: Economics: The Study of Opportunity Cost

1A: Graphing: Yes, You Can

Chapter 2: Supply and Demand

Chapter 3: The Concept of Elasticity and Consumer and Producer Surplus

Chapter 4: Firm Production, Cost, and Revenue

Chapter 5: Perfect Competition, Monopoly, and Economic versus Normal Profit

Chapter 6: Every Macroeconomic Word You Ever Heard: Gross Domestic Product, Inflation, Unemployment, Recession, and Depression

Chapter 7: Interest Rates and Present Value

Chapter 8: Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply

Chapter 9: Federal Spending

Chapter 10: Federal Deficits, Surpluses, and the National Debt

Chapter 11: Fiscal Policy

Chapter 12: Monetary Policy

Chapter 13: International Trade: Does It Jeopardize American Jobs?

Chapter 14: The International Monetary Fund: Doctor or Witch Doctor?

Chapter 15: NAFTA, GATT, WTO: Are Trade Agreements Good for Us?

Chapter 16: Tobacco, Alcohol, Drugs, and Prostitution

Chapter 17: The Environment

Chapter 18: Health Care

Chapter 19: Government Provided Health Insurance: Medicaid, Medicare, and the Child Health Insurance Program

Chapter 20: The Economics of Prescription Drugs

Chapter 21: Economics and the Law (NEW)

Chapter 22: The Economics of Crime

Chapter 23: Race, Gender, and Affirmative Action

Chapter 24: Farm Policy

Chapter 25: Minimum Wage

Chapter 26: Rent Control

Chapter 27: Ticket Brokers and Ticket Scalping

Chapter 28: Antitrust

Chapter 29: Why Did This Textbook Cost so Much?

Chapter 30: Education

Chapter 31: Poverty and Welfare

Chapter 32: Social Security

Chapter 33: Head Start

Chapter 34: Personal Income Taxes

Chapter 35: Energy Prices

Chapter 36: If We Build It, Will They Come? And Other Sports Questions

Chapter 37: The Stock Market and Crashes

Chapter 38: Unions

Chapter 39: The Cost of War and Occupation

Chapter 40: The Economics of Terrorism

Chapter 41: Wal-Mart: Always Low Prices (and Low Wages)…Always

Chapter 42: The Economic Impact of Casino Gambling

Chapter 43: Economic Growth and Development (NEW)

Bonus Web Chapter 44: The Housing Bubble