Table of Contents

Preface PART A: INTRODUCTION 1: Introducing economics PART B: FOUNDATIONS OF MICROECONOMICS 2: Supply and demand 3: Government intervention in the market PART C: MICROECONOMICS 4: Background to demand 5: Background to supply 6: Profit maximising under perfect competition and monopoly 7: Profit maximising under imperfect competition 8: Alternative theories of the firm 9: The theory of distribution of income 10: Inequality, poverty and policies to redistribute incomes 11: Markets, efficiency and the public interest 12: Applied microeconomics PART D: FOUNDATIONS OF MACROECONOMICS 13: The national economy 14: Macroeconomic Issues and Analysis: an Overview PART E: MACROECONOMICS 15: The roots of modern macroeconomics 16: Short-run macroeconomic equilibrium 17: Money and interest rates 18: The relationship between the money and goods markets 19: Fiscal and monetary policy 20: Aggregate supply, unemployment and inflation 21: Long-term economic growth 22. Supply-side policies PART F: THE WORLD ECONOMY 23: International trade 24: The balance of payments and exchange rates 25: Global and regional interdependence 26: Economic problems of developing countries Appendix 1: Some techniques of economic analysis Appendix 2: Web sites Threshold Concepts and Key ideas Glossary Index

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