Preface
Acknowledgements
Part A. Introduction
Chapter 1. Economics and Economies
Part B. Foundations of Microeconomics
Chapter 2. Supply and Demand
Chapter 3. Government and the Market
Part C. Microeconomic Theory
Chapter 4. Background to Demand: the Rational Consumer
Chapter 5. Consumer Behaviour in an Uncertain World
Chapter 6. Background to Supply
Chapter 7. Profit Maximising under Perfect Competition and Monopoly
Chapter 8. Profit Maximising under Imperfect Competition
Chapter 9. The Behaviour of Firms
Chapter 10. The Theory of Distribution of Income
Part D. Microeconomic Policy
Chapter 11. Inequality, Poverty and Policies to Redistribute Income
Chapter 12. Markets, Efficiency and the Public Interest
Chapter 13. Environmental Policy
Chapter 14. Government Policy towards Business
Part E. Foundations of Macroeconomics
Chapter 15. An Introduction to Macroeconomic Issues and Ideas
Chapter 16. The Development of Macroeconomic Thinking: a Historical Perspective
Part F. Macroeconomic Models, Theories and Policy
Chapter 17. Short-run Macroeconomic Equilibrium
Chapter 18. Banking, Money and Interest Rates
Chapter 19. The Relationship between the Money and Goods Markets
Chapter 20. Aggregate Supply, Inflation and Unemployment
Chapter 21. The Relationship between Inflation, Unemployment and Output
Chapter 22. Fiscal and Monetary Policy
Chapter 23. Long-term Economic Growth and Supply-side Policies
Part G. The World Economy
Chapter 24. International Trade
Chapter 25. The Balance of Payments and Exchange Rates
Chapter 26. Economies in an Interdependent World
Postscript: Reality Island
Appendix 1. Some Techniques of Economic Analysis
Appendix 2. Websites Threshold Concepts and Key Ideas
Glossary
Publishers Acknowledgements

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