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Table of Contents:
PART 1: INTRODUCTION - The Nature of Economics
- Scarcity and the World of Trade-Offs
- Demand and Supply
- Extensions of Demand and Supply Analysis
- Public Spending and Public Choice
- Funding the Public Sector
PART 2: INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH - The Macroeconomy: Unemployment, Inflation, and Deflation
- Measuring the Economy’s Performance
- Global Economic Growth and Development
PART 3: REAL GDP DETERMINATION AND FISCAL POLICY - Real GDP and the Price Level in the Long Run
- Classical and Keynesian Macro Analyses
- Consumption, Real GDP, and the Multiplier
- Fiscal Policy
- Deficit Spending and the Public Debt
PART 4: MONEY, STABILIZATION, AND GROWTH - Money, Banking, and Central Banking
- Domestic and International Dimensions of Monetary Policy
- Stabilization in an Integrated World Economy
- Policies and Prospects for Global Economic Growth
PART 5: DIMENSIONS OF MICROECONOMICS - Demand and Supply Elasticity
- Consumer Choice
- Rents, Profits, and the Financial Environment of Business
PART 6: MARKET STRUCTURE, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, AND REGULATION - The Firm: Cost and Output Determination
- Perfect Competition
- Monopoly
- Monopolistic Competition
- Oligopoly and Strategic Behavior
- Regulation and Antitrust Policy in a Globalized Economy
PART 7: LABOR RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT - The Labor Market
- Income, Poverty, and Health Care
- Environmental Economics
PART 8: GLOBAL ECONOMICS - Comparative Advantage and the Open Economy
- Exchange Rates and the Balance of Payments
About the Author :
About our author Roger LeRoy Miller has served on the faculty of several universities, including the University of Washington, Clemson University, and the University of Miami School of Law. As a professor, he has taught intellectual property law and entertainment law, among other subjects. A widely published and respected author, his work has appeared in the Insurance Counsel Journal, Defense Research, California Trial Lawyers Journal, Antitrust Bulletin, Wisconsin Law Review, and Connecticut Law Review. Professor Miller completed his studies at the University of California at Berkeley and University of Chicago.
