Prefare
Acknowledgments
Part 1. The economic way of thinking- An introduction
Chapter 1. The economic approach
Chapter 2. Some tools of the economist
Chapter 3. Supply, demand, and the market process
Chapter 4. Supply and demand for the public sector
Part 2. Microeconomics
Chapter 5. Demand and Consumer Choice
Chapter 6. Costs and the supply of goods
Chapter 7. The Firm under pure competition
Chapter 8. Monopoly and high barriers to entry
Chapter 9. The intermediate cases: monopolistic competition and oligopoly
Chapter 10. Business structure, regulation, and deregulation
Part 3. Factor markets and income distribution
Chapter 11. The supply of and demand for productive resources
Chapter 12. Earnings, skill acquisition, and the Job Market
Chapter 13. Capital, interest, and profit
Chapter 14. Labor unions and collective bargaining
Chapter 15. Inequality, income mobility, and the battle against poverty
Chapter 16. The energy market
Part 4. Public choice
Chapter 17. Problem areas for the market
Chapter 18. Public choice: gaining from government and government failure
Chapter 19. Economic development and the growth of income
Chapter 20. Comparative economic systems
