Economics : principles, problems, and policies / Campbell R. McConnell, Stanley L. Brue.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter one The nature and method of economics -- Chapter two The economizing problem -- Chapter three Understanding individual markets: demand and supply -- Chapter four Pure capitalism and the market system -- Chapter five The mixed economy: private and public sectors -- Chapter six The United States in the global economy -- Chapter seven Measuring domestic output, national income, and the price level -- Chapter eight Macroeconomic instability: unemployment and inflation -- Chapter nine Building the aggregate expenditures model -- Chapter ten Aggregate expenditures: the multiplier, net exports, and government -- Chapter eleven Aggregate demand and aggregate supply -- Chapter twelve Fiscal policy -- Chapter thirteen Money and banking -- Chapter fourteen How banks create money -- Chapter fifteen The federal reserve banks and monetary policy -- Chapter sixteen Alternative views on macro theory and policy -- Chapter seventeen The inflation-unemployment relationship -- Chapter eighteen Budget deficits and the public debt -- Chapter nineteen Economic growth -- Chapter twenty Demand and supply: elasticities and applications -- Chapter twenty one Consumer behavior and utility maximization -- Chapter twenty two The costs of production -- Chapter twenty three Price and output determination: pure competition -- Chapter twenty four Price and output determination: pure monopoly -- Chapter twenty five Price and output determination: monopolistic competition -- Chapter twenty six Price and output determination: oligopoly -- Chapter twenty seven Production and the demand for resources -- Chapter twenty eight The pricing and employment of resources: wage determination -- Chapter twenty nine The pricing and employment of resources: rent, interest, and profits -- Chapter thirty Government and market failure: public goods, the environment, and information problems -- Chapter thirty one Public choice theory and taxation -- Chapter thirty two Antitrust, regulation, and industrial policy -- Chapter thirty three Agriculture: economics and policy -- Chapter thirty four Income inequality and poverty -- Chapter thirty five The economics of health care -- Chapter thirty six Labor-market issues: unionism, discrimination, and immigration -- Chapter thirty seven International trade -- Chapter thirty eight Exchange rates, the balance of payments, and trade deficits -- Chapter thirty nine Growth and the less developed countries -- Chapter forty Russia: an economy intransition

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