Preface
Part 1. Introduction to economics
1. Economic Problems, Policies, and Decisions
2. Economic Analysis: Models and Measurement
Part 2. The Private Sector and the Public Sector: An Overview
3. The American Economy: Our Mixed Capitalist System
4. The Price System: Consumers, Firms, and Markets
5. The Economic Role of the Government
6. Government Expenditures, Taxation, and the Public Debt
7. The Business Firm: Organization, Motivation, and Technology
Part 3. National Output, Income, and Employment
8. Unemployment, Inflation, and National Output
9. Consumption, Saving, and Investment
10. The Determination of National Output
11. Fiscal Policy and National Output
12. Business Fluctuations and Economic Forecasting
Part 4. Money, Banking, and Stabilization Policy
13. The Role and Importance of Money
14. The Banking System and the Quantity of Money
15. Monetary Policy
16. Problems of Economic Stabilization Policy
Part 5. Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment
17. Economic Growth
18. American Economic Growth: History, Policies, Problems, and Prospects
19.Environmental and Energy Problems
Part 6. International Economics
20. International Trade
21. Exchange Rates and the Balance of Payments
22. The Less Developed Countries