Principles of Economics, 3rd Edition

Joshua Gans - University of Melbourne

Stephen King - ACCC

Robin Stonecash - Graduate School of Management

N. Gregory Mankiw - Harvard University

ISBN-10: 017012147X  ISBN-13: 9780170121477

872 Pages  

© 2006     Published

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Table of Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. Ten lessons from economics
2. Thinking like an economist
3. Interdependence and the gains from trade
PART 2: SUPPLY AND DEMAND I: HOW MARKETS WORK
4. The market forces of supply and demand
5. Elasticity and its application
6. Supply, demand and government policies
PART 3: SUPPLY AND DEMAND II: MARKETS AND WELFARE
7. Consumers, producers and the efficiency of markets
8. Application: The Costs of taxation
9. Application: International Trade
PART 4: THE ECONOMIES OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR
10. Externalities
11. Public goods and common resources
12. The design of the tax system
PART 5: FIRM BEHAVIOUR AND THE ORGANISATION OF INDUSTRY
13. The costs of production
14. Firms in competitive markets
15. Monopoly
16. Business strategy
17. Competition policy
18. Monopolistic competition
PART 6: THE ECONOMICS OF LABOUR MARKETS
19. The markets for the factors of production
20. Earnings, unions and discrimination
21. Income inequality and poverty
PART 7: TOPICS FOR FURTHER STUDY
22. The theory of consumer choice
23. Frontiers of microeconomics
PART 8: THE DATA OF MACROECONOMICS
24. Measuring a nation�s income
25. Measuring the cost of living
PART 9: THE REAL ECONOMY IN THE LONG RUN
26. Production and growth
27. Saving, investment and the financial system
28. The natural rate of unemployment
PART 10: MONEY AND PRICES IN THE LONG RUN
29. The monetary system
30. Inflation: Its causes and costs
PART 11: THE MACROECONOMICS OF OPEN ECONOMIES
31. Open-economy macroeconomics: Basic concepts
32. A macroeconomic theory of the open economy
PART 12: SHORT-RUN ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS
33. Aggregate demand and aggregate supply
34. The influence of monetary and fiscal policy on aggregate demand
35. The short-run trade-off between inflation and unemployment
PART 13: FINAL THOUGHTS
36. Five debates over macroeconomic policy
Glossary
Suggestions for reading
Index