(eBook) (PDF) Essential Foundations of Economics, 9th edition

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Essential Foundations of Economics introduces you to economic principles you can use to navigate the financial decisions of your future. Each chapter concentrates on a manageable number of ideas, usually 3 to 4, with each reinforced several times throughout the text. This patient approach helps guide you through unfamiliar terrain and focuses you on the most important concepts and key skills, like reading and interpreting graphs.The 9th Edition motivates with compelling issues and encourages learning with practice questions, to help you grasp and apply economic principles to the real world.

Published by Pearson (March 17th 2021) – Copyright © 2021
ISBN-13: 9780136713746
Subject: Economics
Category: Principles of Economics

PART 1: INTRODUCTION

1. Getting Started  
2. The US and Global Economies
3. The Economic Problem
4. Demand and Supply

PART 2: A CLOSER LOOK AT MARKETS

5. Elasticities of Demand and Supply
6. Efficiency and Fairness of Markets  
7. Government Actions in Markets
8. Global Markets in Action
9. Externalities: Pollution, Education, and Healthcare

PART 3: PRICES, PROFITS, AND INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE

10. Production and Cost
11. Perfect Competition
12. Monopoly
13. Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly

PART 4: MONITORING THE MACROECONOMY

14. GDP: A Measure of Total Production and Income
15. Jobs and Unemployment
16. The CPI and the Cost of Living

PART 5: UNDERSTANDING THE MACROECONOMY

17. Potential GDP and Economic Growth
18. Money and Inflation
19. Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand
20. Fiscal Policy and Monetary Policy