Economics For Dummies

Part I: Economics: The Science of How People Deal with Scarcity.

Chapter 1: What Is Economics?

Chapter 2: Tracking Consumer Choices.

Chapter 3: Producing the Right Stuff in the Right Way.

Part II: Macroeconomics: The Science of Economic Growth and Stability.

Chapter 4: Measuring the Macroeconomy.

Chapter 5: Inflation: More Money Isn’t Always a Good Thing.

Chapter 6: Understanding Why Recessions Happen.

Chapter 7: Fighting Recessions with Monetary and Fiscal Policy.

Part III: Microeconomics: The Science of Consumer and Firm Behaviour.

Chapter 8: Supply and Demand.

Chapter 9: Getting to Know the Utility-Maximising Consumer.

Chapter 10: The Core of Capitalism: The Profit-Maximising Firm.

Chapter 11: Why Economists Love Free Markets and Competition.

Chapter 12: Monopolies: How Badly Would You Behave If You Had No Competition?

Part IV: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 13: Ten Seductive Economic Fallacies.

Chapter 14: Ten Economic Ideas to Hold Dear.

Index.

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