Essentials of Economics

by Dirk Mateer (Author), Lee Coppock (Author), Brian O'Roark (Author)



Meets students where they are. Makes economics matter.

Written by Dirk Mateer, Lee Coppock, and Brian O’Roark—three of the leading economics instructors in the country—Essentials of Economics brings insights and practices refined over a combined 50 years in the classroom to a survey text that is student-centered, from the ground up.

Contents

INTRODUCTION
1. Thinking Like an Economist
2. Economic Models and Gains from Trade
3. The Market at Work: Supply and Demand
4. Market Efficiency

MICROECONOMICS
5. Costs and Production: How Do Businesses Work?
6. Market Structures
7. Behavioral Economics and Game Theory
8. Labor Markets and Earnings
9. Government in the Economy

MACROECONOMICS
10. What Is Macroeconomics?
11. Measuring the Macroeconomy, Unemployment, and Inflation
12. Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
13. Economic Growth and the Wealth of Nations
14. Savings, Investment, and the Market for Loanable Funds
15. Money and the Federal Reserve
16. Monetary Policy
17. Fiscal Policy and Budget Deficits
18. International Economics

APPENDIX
19. Personal Finance