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From the authors of the popular blog, The Marginal Revolution, Modern Principles of Economics engages you in a way that makes it easier to understanding the broader economy. Working toward developing your economic way of thinking, the authors focus on modern content and modern delivery, teaching economics in a way that makes it more memorable for you.

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Contents

Table of Contents


Preface
1. The Big Ideas in Economics
2. The Power of Trade and Comparative Advantage
 
Part 1: Supply and Demand
3. Supply and Demand
4. Equilibrium: How Supply and Demand Determine Prices
5. Elasticity and Its Applications
6. Taxes and Subsidies
 
Part 2: The Price System
7. The Price System: Signals, Speculation, and Prediction
8. Price Ceilings and Floors
9. International Trade
10. Externalities: When the Price Is Not Right
 
Part 3: Firms and Factor Markets
11. Costs and Profit Maximization under Competition
12. Competition and the Invisible Hand
13. Monopoly
14. Price Discrimination and Pricing Strategy
15. Oligopoly and Game Theory
16. Networks, Platforms, and the Economics of “Free Goods”
17. Monopolistic Competition and Advertising
18. Labor Markets
 
Part 4: Government
19. Public Goods and the Tragedy of the Commons
20. Political Economy and Public Choice
21. Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy
 
Part 5: Decision Making for Businesses, Investors, and Consumers
22. Managing Incentives
23. Stock Markets and Personal Finance
24. Asymmetric Information: Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection
25 Consumer Choice
 
Part 6: Economic Growth
26. GDP and the Measurement of Progress
27. The Wealth of Nations and Economic Growth
28. Growth, Capital Accumulation, and the Economics of Ideas: Catching Up vs. the Cutting Edge
29. Saving, Investment, and the Financial System
 
Part 7: Business Fluctuations
30. Unemployment and Labor Force Participation
31. Inflation and the Quantity Theory of Money
32. Business Fluctuations: Aggregate Demand and Supply
33. Transmission and Amplification Mechanisms
 
Part 8: Macroeconomic Policy and Institutions
34. The Federal Reserve System and Open Market Operations
35. Monetary Policy
36. The Federal Budget: Taxes and Spending
37. Fiscal Policy
 
Part 9: International Economics
38. International Finance
 
APPENDIX A Reading Graphs and Making Graphs
APPENDIX B Solutions to Check Yourself
Glossary G-1
References R-1
Index I-1

Authors

Tyler Cowen

Tyler Cowen is Holbert C. Harris Professor of Economics at George Mason University and Director of the Mercatus Center and the James M. Buchanan Center for Political Economy. He is published widely in economics journals, including the American Economic Review and Journal of Political Economy. With Alex Tabarrok he co-writes the Marginal Revolution blog, often ranked as the #1 economics blog. He is also the author of Discover Your Inner Economist (Dutton, 2007) and numerous other books on economics. He writes regularly for the popular press on economics, including for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Forbes, and The Wilson Quarterly.  University web page: http://economics.gmu.edu/faculty/tcowen.html WATCH: Tyler Cowen at the Economic Bloggers Forum.


Alex Tabarrok

Alex Tabarrok is Bartley J. Madden Chair in Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Tabarrok is co-author with Tyler Cowen of the popular economics blog, Marginal Revolution. His recent research looks at bounty hunters, judicial incentives and elections, crime control, patent reform, methods to increase the supply of human organs for transplant, and the regulation of pharmaceuticals. He is the editor of the books, Entrepreneurial Economics: Bright Ideas from the Dismal Science; The Voluntary City: Choice, Community, and Civil Society; and Changing the Guard: Private Prisons and The Control of Crime. His papers have appeared in the Journal of Law and Economics, Public Choice, Economic Inquiry, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Theoretical Politics, The American Law and Economics Review, Kyklos and many other journals. His popular articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and many other magazines and newspapers.


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Table of Contents


Preface
1. The Big Ideas in Economics
2. The Power of Trade and Comparative Advantage
 
Part 1: Supply and Demand
3. Supply and Demand
4. Equilibrium: How Supply and Demand Determine Prices
5. Elasticity and Its Applications
6. Taxes and Subsidies
 
Part 2: The Price System
7. The Price System: Signals, Speculation, and Prediction
8. Price Ceilings and Floors
9. International Trade
10. Externalities: When the Price Is Not Right
 
Part 3: Firms and Factor Markets
11. Costs and Profit Maximization under Competition
12. Competition and the Invisible Hand
13. Monopoly
14. Price Discrimination and Pricing Strategy
15. Oligopoly and Game Theory
16. Networks, Platforms, and the Economics of “Free Goods”
17. Monopolistic Competition and Advertising
18. Labor Markets
 
Part 4: Government
19. Public Goods and the Tragedy of the Commons
20. Political Economy and Public Choice
21. Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy
 
Part 5: Decision Making for Businesses, Investors, and Consumers
22. Managing Incentives
23. Stock Markets and Personal Finance
24. Asymmetric Information: Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection
25 Consumer Choice
 
Part 6: Economic Growth
26. GDP and the Measurement of Progress
27. The Wealth of Nations and Economic Growth
28. Growth, Capital Accumulation, and the Economics of Ideas: Catching Up vs. the Cutting Edge
29. Saving, Investment, and the Financial System
 
Part 7: Business Fluctuations
30. Unemployment and Labor Force Participation
31. Inflation and the Quantity Theory of Money
32. Business Fluctuations: Aggregate Demand and Supply
33. Transmission and Amplification Mechanisms
 
Part 8: Macroeconomic Policy and Institutions
34. The Federal Reserve System and Open Market Operations
35. Monetary Policy
36. The Federal Budget: Taxes and Spending
37. Fiscal Policy
 
Part 9: International Economics
38. International Finance
 
APPENDIX A Reading Graphs and Making Graphs
APPENDIX B Solutions to Check Yourself
Glossary G-1
References R-1
Index I-1

Tyler Cowen

Tyler Cowen is Holbert C. Harris Professor of Economics at George Mason University and Director of the Mercatus Center and the James M. Buchanan Center for Political Economy. He is published widely in economics journals, including the American Economic Review and Journal of Political Economy. With Alex Tabarrok he co-writes the Marginal Revolution blog, often ranked as the #1 economics blog. He is also the author of Discover Your Inner Economist (Dutton, 2007) and numerous other books on economics. He writes regularly for the popular press on economics, including for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Forbes, and The Wilson Quarterly.  University web page: http://economics.gmu.edu/faculty/tcowen.html WATCH: Tyler Cowen at the Economic Bloggers Forum.


Alex Tabarrok

Alex Tabarrok is Bartley J. Madden Chair in Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Tabarrok is co-author with Tyler Cowen of the popular economics blog, Marginal Revolution. His recent research looks at bounty hunters, judicial incentives and elections, crime control, patent reform, methods to increase the supply of human organs for transplant, and the regulation of pharmaceuticals. He is the editor of the books, Entrepreneurial Economics: Bright Ideas from the Dismal Science; The Voluntary City: Choice, Community, and Civil Society; and Changing the Guard: Private Prisons and The Control of Crime. His papers have appeared in the Journal of Law and Economics, Public Choice, Economic Inquiry, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Theoretical Politics, The American Law and Economics Review, Kyklos and many other journals. His popular articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and many other magazines and newspapers.


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