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Economics

• Half Title Page


• Title Page


• Copyright Page


• About the Authors


• Brief Contents


• Contents


• Preface


• Student Resources Flowchart


• Lecturer Resources Flowchart


• Acknowledgements


• Publisher?s Acknowledgements


• Part A Introduction


• Why Economics is Good for You


• What is economics?


• Puzzles and stories


• Applying the principles


• 1 Economics and Economies


• 1.1 What do economists study?


• 1.2 Different economic systems


• 1.3 The nature of economic reasoning


• Boxes


• 1.1 Looking at macroeconomic data


• 1.2 The opportunity costs of studying


• 1.3 Scarcity and abundance


• 1.4 Command economies


• 1.5 Adam Smith (1723?90)


• 1.6 Ceteris paribus


• Part B Foundations of Microeconomics


• 2 Supply and Demand


• 2.1 Demand


• 2.2 Supply


• 2.3 Price and output determination


• 2.4 Elasticity


• 2.5 The time dimension


• Boxes


• 2.1 The demand for lamb


• 2.2 UK house prices


• 2.3 Stock market prices


• 2.4 Advertising and its effect on demand curves


• 2.5 Any more fares?


• 2.6 Using calculus to calculate the price elasticity of demand


• 2.7 Short selling


• 2.8 Dealing in futures markets


• 3 Government and the Market


• 3.1 The control of prices


• 3.2 Indirect taxes and subsidies


• 3.3 Government rejection of market allocation


• 3.4 Agriculture and agricultural policy


• Boxes


• 3.1 A minimum unit price for alcohol


• 3.2 The rise in illegal lending


• 3.3 How can ticket touts make so much money?