总序
Part I The Basics of Economics
Chapter One What Is Economics?
1. Two Branches of Economics
2. Economics, Scarcity and Choice
3. Opportunity Cost
4. Production Possibilities Curve
Chapter Two Economic Systems
1. Three Fundamental Questions
2. Alternative Ways of Answering the Three Fundamental Questions
3. Market Failure
4. The Role of Government
Part II Microeconomics
Chapter Three Demand and Supply
1. Demand and the Demand Curve
2. Supply and the Supply Curve
3. Price Determination and Market Equilibrium
4. Change in Market Equilibrium
5. Government Intervention in Markets
Chapter Four Elasticity and Its Application
1. Price Elasticity of Demand
2. Price Elasticity of Supply
3. Other Demand Elasticities
Chapter Five Consumer Choice and Demand
1. The Consumer’s Budget Constraint
2. Utility
3. Consumer Decision Making
4. Deriving the Demand Curve
5. Ordinal Utility
Chapter Six Production and Cost
1. Types of Firms
2. Cost and Profi t
3. Production
4. Short-Run Production Cost
5. Long-Run Production Cost
Chapter Seven Market Structure
1. Perfect Competition
2. Monopoly
3. Monopolistic Competition
4. Oligopoly
Part III Macroeconomics
Chapter Eight Macroeconomic Performance and Business Cycle
1. Why is Macroeconomics Important
2. Macroeconomic Goals
3. Gross Domestic Product
4. Measuring GDP
5. Other Measures of National Income
6. Business Cycle
Chapter Nine Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand
1. Aggregate Supply
2. Aggregate Demand
3. Macroeconomic Equilibrium and Fluctuations
Chapter Ten Infl ation and Unemployment
1. Infl ation
2. Unemployment
Chapter Eleven Monetary Policy and Fiscal Policy
1. Monetary Policy
2. Fiscal Policy
Part IV International Economics
Chapter Twelve International Trade: Gains and Barriers
1. The Basis of International Trade
2. Barriers to Trade
3. Arguments Against Free Trade
4. From GATT to WTO
Chapter Thirteen The Balance of Payments and Exchange Rates
1. Balance of Payment
2. The Balance of Payments Identity
3. Exchange Rates
4. Exchange Rate Systems
5. Long-Run Determination of Exchange Rate
References
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