Part I: The Context for Economic Analysis
0. Economics and Well-Being
1. Economic Activity in Context
2. Foundations of Economic Analysis
Part II: Microeconomic Analysis: Consumption, Production, and Markets
3. Supply and Demand
4. Consumption and Decision-Making
5. Production 6. Market Structure
7. Markets for Labor
Part III: Macroeconomic Theory and Policy
8. Macroeconomic Measurement
9. Economic Fluctuations and Macroeconomic Theory
10. Fiscal Policy
11. Money and Monetary Policy
12. Aggregate Supply, Aggregate Demand, and Inflation: Putting it All Together
Part IV: The Global Economy, Development, and Sustainability
13. The Global Economy and Policy
14. Economic Inequality
15. How Economies Grow and Develop
16. Economics of the Environment.
Glossary.
Index.

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