Introductory economics / Michael Veseth.

Título de la portada: Introductory macroeconomics.

Preface, xiii -- Part 1. Tools and problems, 3 -- Chapter 1. Macroeconomic problems, 3 -- Chapter 2. Supply and demand, 23 -- Chapter 3. The problem of unemployment, 57 -- Chapter 4. Understanding inflation, 79 -- Part 2. A simple model of the economy, 107 -- Chapter 5. Measuring economic activity, 107 -- Chapter 6. Aggregate demand, 121 -- Chapter 7. Aggregate supply and the economy, 143 -- Chapter 8. Fiscal policy, 175 -- Part 3. Money, credit, and the economy, 211 -- Chapter 9. Money and banking, 211 -- Chapter 10. Money, credit, and the economy, 235 -- Chapter 11. Monetary versus fiscal policy, 263 -- Chapter 12. The monetarists, 285 -- Part 4. International economics, 309 -- Chapter 13. International trade, 309 -- Chapter 14. The foreign exchange market, 331 -- Chapter 15. International economics, 357 -- Chapter 16. Problems, goals, and trade-offs, 377 -- Part 5. The economics of exchange, 395 -- Chapter 17. Scarcity and choice, 395 -- Chapter 18. Specialization and exchange, 411 -- Chapter 19. Demand and supply: the micro side, 429 -- Chapter 20. Markets at work, 455 -- Part 6. Consumer and producer choice, 483 -- Chapter 21. Consumer choice, 483 -- Chapter 22. Production and cost, 515 -- Chapter 23. Producer choice: monopoly, 539 -- Chapter 24. Producers in competitive markets, 557 -- Chapter 25. Imperfect competition, 573 -- Part 7. Resource markets, 597 -- Chapter 26. Labor markets, 597 -- Chapter 27. Capital and natural resource markets, 617 -- Chapter 28. Energy markets, 637 -- Part 8. Market failures, 655 -- Chapter 29. Free market choice, 655 -- Chapter 30. Market failures: externalities, 677 -- Chapter 31. Market failures: monopolies, 699 -- Chapter 32. Scarcity and choice: the poverty problem, 715 -- Suggestions for further reading, 733 -- Glossary, 739 -- Answers to "Test Yourself", 751 -- Index, 755.