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Contents Brief Contents

PART ONE 20 The Costs of Production 378
Introduction to Economics and the Economy 21 Pure Competition 399
22 Pure Monopoly 423
To the Student 2
23 Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly 444
1 Limits, Alternatives, and Choices 3
24 Technology, R&D, and Efficiency 467
2 The Market System and the Circular Flow 28
3 Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium 44
PART SEVEN
4 The U.S. Economy: Private and Public Sectors 65
Microeconomics of Resource Markets
5 The United States in the Global Economy 84
25 The Demand for Resources 488
PART TWO 26 Wage Determination 505
Macroeconomic Measurement and Basic 27 Rent, Interest, and Profit 526
Concepts 27W Natural Resource and Energy Economics
(WEB CHAPTER, www.mcconnell17.com ) 541
6 Measuring Domestic Output and National Income 105
7 Introduction to Economic Growth and Instability 124
PART EIGHT
8 Basic Macroeconomic Relationships 146
Microeconomics of Government
PART THREE 28 Government and Market Failure 543
Macroeconomic Models and Fiscal Policy 29 Public Choice Theory and the Economics
of Taxation 564
9 The Aggregate Expenditures Model 166
10 Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply 187 PART NINE
11 Fiscal Policy, Deficits, and Debt 208
Microeconomic Issues and Policies
30 Antitrust Policy and Regulation 582
PART FOUR
31 Agriculture: Economics and Policy 598
Money, Banking, and Monetary Policy
32 Income Inequality and Poverty 615
12 Money and Banking 228
33 The Economics of Health Care 634
13 Money Creation 244
34 Labor Market Institutions and Issues: Unionism,
14 Interest Rates and Monetary Policy 258 Discrimination, Immigration 652
14W Financial Economics
(WEB CHAPTER, www.mcconnell17.com ) 283 PART TEN
International Economics
PART FIVE
35 International Trade 675
Long-Run Perspectives and Macroeconomic
Debates 36 Exchange Rates, the Balance of Payments, and 696
Trade Deficits
15 Extending the Analysis of Aggregate Supply 285
16 Economic Growth 302 Glossary G-1
16W The Economics of Developing Countries Index IND-1
(WEB CHAPTER, www.mcconnell17.com ) 319
17 Disputes over Macro Theory and Policy 320

PART SIX
Microeconomics of Product Markets
18 Extensions of Demand and Supply Analysis 339
19 Consumer Behavior and Utility Maximization 359

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