Economics – Theory Through Applications

Abstract

Chapter 1: What Is Economics? Chapter 2: Microeconomics in Action. Chapter 3: Macroeconomics in Action. Chapter 4: Everyday Decisions. Chapter 5: Life Decisions. Chapter 6: eBay and craigslist. Chapter 7: Where Do Prices Come From? Chapter 8: Why Do Prices Change? Chapter 9: Growing Jobs. Chapter 10: Making and Losing Money on Wall Street. Chapter 11: Raising the Wage Floor. Chapter 12: Barriers to Trade and the Underground Economy. Chapter 13: Superstars. Chapter 14: Cleaning Up the Air and Using Up the Oil. Chapter 15: Busting Up Monopolies. Chapter 16: A Healthy Economy. Chapter 17: Cars. Chapter 18: The State of the Economy. Chapter 19: The Interconnected Economy. Chapter 20: Globalization and Competitiveness. Chapter 21: Global Prosperity and Global Poverty. Chapter 22: The Great Depression. Chapter 23: Jobs in the Macroeconomy. Chapter 24: Money: A User’s Guide. Chapter 25: Understanding the Fed. Chapter 26: Inflations Big and Small. Chapter 27: Income Taxes. Chapter 28: Social Security. Chapter 29: Balancing the Budget. Chapter 30: The Global Financial Crisis. Chapter 31: Toolkit.