EBOOK: Economics

Part One: Basic Concepts

1. The Central Concepts of Economics

2. The Modern Mixed Economy

3. Basic Elements of Supply and Demand

Part Two: Microeconomics: Supply, Demand, And Product Markets

4. Supply and Demand: Elasticity and Applications

5. Demand and Consumer Behavior

6. Production and Business Organization

7. Analysis of Costs

8. Analysis of Perfectly Competitive Markets

9. Imperfect Competition and Monopoly

10. Competition Among the Few

11. Economics of Uncertainty

Part Three: Factor Markets: Labor, Land, And Capital

12. How Markets Determine Incomes

13. The Labor Market

14. Land, Natural Resources, and the Environment

15. Capital, Interest, and Profits

Part Four: Applications of Economic Principles

16. Government Taxation and Expenditure

17. Efficiency vs. Equality: The Big Tradeoff

18. International Trade

Part Five: Macroeconomics: Economic Growth and Business Cycles

19. Overview of Macroeconomics

20. Measuring Economic Activity

21. Consumption and Investment

22. Business Cycles and Aggregate Demand

23. Money and Financial Markets

24. Monetary Policy and the Economy

Part Six: Growth, Development, and the Global Economy

25. Economic Growth

26. The Challenge of Economic Development

27. Exchange Rates and the International Financial System

28. Open-Economy Macroeconomics

Part Seven: Unemployment, Inflation, and Economic Policy

29. Unemployment and the Foundations of Aggregate Supply

30. Inflation

31. The Frontiers of Macroeconomics

Samuelson's text was first published in 1948, and it immediately became the authority for the principles of economics courses. The book continues to be the standard-bearer for principles courses, and this revision continues to be a clear, accurate, and interesting introduction to modern economics principles. Bill Nordhaus is now the primary author of this text, and he has revised the book to be as current and relevant as ever.