Preface
Acknowledgments
Part 1. Introduction
1. Scarcity, the Three Questions of Economics, and an Economic System
Part 2. How Markets Work
2. Demand
3. The Shape of the Demand Curve
4. Supply
5. How Markets Work
6. Government and Markets
7. The Competitive Firm and Industry: Supply and Demand in the Long Run
Part 3. Monopoly and Other Market Forms
8. Monopoly
9. Oligopoly
10. Monopolistic Competition, Product Differentiation, and Advertising
11. Government Regulation of Industries
Part 4. The Market for Inputs
12. Introduction to the Markets for Labor and Other Inputs
13. Factor Markets
14. Investment in Human and Physical Capital
15. The Distribution of Income
16. Discrimination
Part 5. Government and Markets
17. Market Deficiencies
18. Government and Markets in Developing Countries
Part 6. The International Economy
19. Trade among Nations
20. The Regulation of International Trade
Appendix
References
Glossary
Index