Modern economics student's notebook / J. Harvey.

Preface to the fourth edition, vii -- I. Introduction, 1 -- 1. What economics is about, 1 -- 2. Methods of allocating resources, 3 -- II. What to produce, 6 -- 3. How price is formed in the free market, 6 -- 4. Applications of demand and supply analysis, 11 -- 5. A further look at demand, 13 -- III. How to produce - the theory of production, 17 -- 6. The firm, 17 -- 7. The organisation and scale of production, 22 -- 8. The distribution of goods to the consumer, 25 -- 9. The location of production, 28 -- 10. Combining the factors of production, 29 -- 11. Deciding on the most profitable output, 31 -- 12. The supply y curve of the industry under perfect competition, 34 -- 13. Monopoly, 37 -- 14. Imperfect competition, 41 -- IV. For whom? how the factors of production are rewarded- the theory of distribution, 43 -- 15. Marginal productivity theory of distribution, 43 -- 16. Labour and wages, 46 -- 17. Capital and interest, 51 -- 18. Land and rent, 53 -- 19. Entrepreneurship and profit, 55 -- V. Money and financial institutions, 57 -- 20. Money and the rate of interest, 57 -- 21. The money markets and the capital market, 61 -- 22. Joint-stock banks, 63 -- 23. The bank of England, 65 -- VI. The government and the economy, 67 -- 24. The national income, 67 -- 25. Full employment: a survey of the problem, 70 -- 26. Cyclical fluctuations in income and employment, 72 -- 27. Regional and occupational unemployment, 79 -- 28. Inflation, 82 -- 29. Government finance, 85 -- VII. International trade, 89 -- 30. The nature of international trade, 89 -- 31. The balance of payments, 92 -- 32. Foreign exchange rates, 94 -- 33. The correction of a balance-of-payments disequilibrium, 95 -- 34. The European economic community, 99 -- VIII. Some current economic problems of the UK, 102 -- 35. The population of the UK, 102 -- 36. Growth, the balance of payments, inflation and unemployment, 105.