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Principles of Economics chapters Principles of Principles of Microeconomics Macroeconomics chapters chapters 1. Ten Principles of Economics 1 1 2. Thinking Like an Economist 2 2 3. Interdependence and the Gains from Trade 3 3 4. The Market Forces of Supply and Demand 4 4 5. Elasticity and Applications 5 5 6. Supply, Demand, and Government Policies 6 6 7. Consumers, Producers and the Efficiency of Markets 7 7 8. Application: The Costs of Taxation 8 8 9. Application: International Trade 9 9 10. Externalities 10 -- 11. Goods and Common Resources 11 -- 12. The Tax System 12 -- 13. The Costs of Production 13 -- 14. The Competitive Firm 14 -- 15. Monopoly 15 -- 16. Oligopoly 16 -- 17. Monopolistic Competition 17 -- 18. The Markets for the Factors of Production 18 -- 19. Earnings and Discrimination 19 -- 20. The Distribution of Income 20 -- 21. The Theory of Consumer Choice 21 -- 22. Measuring a Nation's Wealth -- 10 23. Measuring the Cost of Living -- 11 24. Production and Growth -- 12 25. Financial Markets: Saving, Investment, -- 13 and Interest Rates -- 26. Unemployment -- 14 27. The Monetary System -- 15 28. Inflation: Its Causes and Costs -- 16 29. Open-Economy Macroeconomics: Basic Concepts -- 17 30. A Macroeconomic Theory of the Open Economy -- 18 31. Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply -- 19 32. Monetary and Fiscal Policy Determinants of -- 20 Aggregate Demand 33. The Short-Run Tradeoff between Inflation -- 21 andUnemployment 34. Five Debates over Macroeconomic Policy -- 22

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Principles of Economics chapters Principles of Principles ofMicroeconomics Macroeconomics

chapters chapters1. Ten Principles of Economics 1 12. Thinking Like an Economist 2 23. Interdependence and the Gains from Trade 3 34. The Market Forces of Supply and Demand 4 45. Elasticity and Applications 5 56. Supply, Demand, and Government Policies 6 67. Consumers, Producers and the Efficiency of Markets 7 78. Application: The Costs of Taxation 8 89. Application: International Trade 9 910. Externalities 10 --11. Goods and Common Resources 11 --12. The Tax System 12 --13. The Costs of Production 13 --14. The Competitive Firm 14 --15. Monopoly 15 --16. Oligopoly 16 --17. Monopolistic Competition 17 --18. The Markets for the Factors of Production 18 --19. Earnings and Discrimination 19 --20. The Distribution of Income 20 --21. The Theory of Consumer Choice 21 --22. Measuring a Nation's Wealth -- 1023. Measuring the Cost of Living -- 1124. Production and Growth -- 1225. Financial Markets: Saving, Investment, -- 13 and Interest Rates --26. Unemployment -- 1427. The Monetary System -- 1528. Inflation: Its Causes and Costs -- 1629. Open-Economy Macroeconomics: Basic Concepts -- 1730. A Macroeconomic Theory of the Open Economy -- 1831. Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply -- 1932. Monetary and Fiscal Policy Determinants of -- 20 Aggregate Demand33. The Short-Run Tradeoff between Inflation -- 21 andUnemployment34. Five Debates over Macroeconomic Policy -- 22

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