Microeconomics to Macroeconomics from the author who has written about economics for more non-economists than anyone else in the world.
Written for the one-semester survey of economics course, Paul Krugman and Robin Wells' Essentials of Economics reflects the authors strong belief that economics students learn best from a resource that offers:
Compelling Real World Stories and Examples
Essentials of Economics is built around narratives and stories, many of them pulled from real life. In every chapter real-world examples are used to teach core concepts and motivate student learning.
Global Focus
Essentials of Economics is unrivaled in its worldwide perspective, which is deeply integrated into the narrative, and featured in many of the applications, cases, and stories, as well as in the data-based Global Comparison boxed features.
Integrated Technology
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PART 1 What Is Economics?
Chapter 1 First Principles
Chapter 2 Economic Models: Trade-offs and Trade
Appendix Graphs in Economics
PART 2 Supply and Demand
Chapter 3 Supply and Demand
Chapter 4 Price Controls and Quotas: Meddling with Markets
Chapter 5 Elasticity and Taxation
PART 3 The Production Decision
Chapter 6 Behind the Supply Curve: Inputs and Costs
Chapter 7 Perfect Competition and the Supply Curve
PART 4 Beyond Perfect Competition
Chapter 8 Monopoly
Chapter 9 Oligopoly and Monopolistic Competition
PART 5 Microeconomics and Public Policy
Chapter 10 Externalities and Public Goods
Chapter 11 Poverty, Inequality, and the Welfare State
PART 6 Introduction to Macroeconomics
Chapter 12 Macroeconomics: The Big Picture
Chapter 13 GDP and the CPI: Tracking the Macroeconomy
Chapter 14 Unemployment and Inflation
PART 6 Economic Growth and Fluctuations
Chapter 15 Long-Run Economic Growth
Chapter 16 Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
PART 7 Stabilization Policy
Chapter 17 Fiscal Policy
Chapter 18 Money, Banking, and the Federal Reserve System
Chapter 19 Monetary Policy
PART 8 The International Economy
Chapter 20 International Trade, Capital Flows, and Exchange Rates