Principles of Economics, Volume 1

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Dryden Press, 1998 - Business & Economics - 797 pages
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Contents

Ten Principles of Economics
3
CHAPTER
13
Summary
14
Thinking Like an Economist
17
The Federal Reserve
27
GraphingA Brief Review
34
A Parable for the Modern Economy
46
Applications of Comparative Advantage
53
CHAPTER 16
361
Monopolistic Competition
363
Advertising
371
Conclusion
377
Chapter 18
383
LaborMarket Equilibrium
389
Conclusion
398
Chapter 19
399

SUPPLY AND DEMAND
59
The Market Forces of Supply
61
Elasticity and Its Application
89
On the Road with ElasticityFor Whom
98
Conclusion
108
V
111
Rent Control in the Short Run and Long
115
Taxes
121
MARKETS
131
THE COSTS OF TAXATION
155
The Costs of Taxation
157
Henry George and the Tax on Land
163
Should Ukraine Cut Tax Rates to Raise
169
International Trade
175
The Winners and Losers from Trade
176
The Arguments for Restricting Trade
186
THE ECONOMICS OF THE PUBLIC
197
Externalities and Market Inefficiency
201
Private Solutions to Externalities
207
Conclusion
216
MONEY AND PRICES IN THE LONG
226
The Importance of Property Rights
233
The Design of the Tax System
237
State and Local Government
242
Chapter 30
247
Taxes and Equity
249
The Tradeoff between Equity
257
THE COSTS OF PRODUCTION
263
Chapter 10
264
The Various Measures of Cost
270
Chapter 11
271
Costs in the Short Run and in the Long Run
277
CHAPTER 14
283
V
302
How Monopolies Make Production and Pricing
308
The Welfare Cost of Monopoly
315
Chapter 16
319
Competing to Be the Best Monopolist
330
Oligopoly
337
Tournament
353
The Economics of Discrimination
409
Conclusion
416
Chapter 20
421
The Measurement of Inequality
422
The Political Philosophy of Redistributing
431
Conclusion
440
The Theory of Consumer Choice
447
CHAPTER 21
473
Real versus Nominal GDP
485
Conclusion
491
Correcting Economic Variables for the Effects
505
The World BankWorld Bank Focusing
529
Research and Development
535
SAVING INVESTMENT AND THE FINANCIAL
541
MARKETS 381
547
The Market for Loanable Funds
550
Conclusion
559
Job Search
583
The MinimumWage DebateThesis
591
Banks and the Money Supply
599
Conclusion
606
The Costs of Inflation
623
The International Flows of Goods and Capital
638
Real
647
Conclusion
656
How Policies and Events Affect an Open
668
Conclusion
676
Why the AggregateDemand Curve Might Shift
690
Two Causes of Recession
696
The Origins of Aggregate Demand
702
How Monetary Policy Influences Aggregate
708
How Fiscal Policy Influences Aggregate
716
The Economy in the Long Run and the Short
727
The Phillips Curve
734
The Role of Supply
745
Conclusion
754
Chapter 34
759
Glossary
777
Credits
783

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