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Now in its 10th edition, Economics by Sloman, Garratt & Guest is known and loved for its active learning, student-friendly approach and unrivalled lecturer and student support.
Retaining all the hall mark features of previous editions, it continues to provide a balanced, comprehensive and completely up-to-date introduction to the world of economics.
INTRODUCTION
Why Economics is Good for You
1. Economics and Economies
FOUNDATIONS OF MICROECONOMICS
2. Supply and Demand
3. Government and the Market
MICROECONOMIC THEORY
4. Background to Demand: the Rational Customer
5. Consumer Behaviour in an Uncertain World
6. Background to Supply
7. Profit Maximising under Perfect Competition and Monopoly
8. Profit Maximising under Imperfect Competition
9. The Behaviour of Firms
10. The Theory of Distribution of Income
MICROECONOMIC POLICY
11. Inequality, Poverty and Policies to Redistribute Income
12. Markets, Efficiency and the Public Interest
13. Environmental Policy
14. Government Policy towards Business
FOUNDATIONS OF MACROECONOMICS
15. An Introduction to Macroeconomic Issue and Ideas
16. The Development of Macroeconomic Thinking: A Historical Perspective
MACROECONOMIC MODELS, THEORIES AND POLICY
17. Short-run Macroeconomic Equilibrium
18. Banking, Money and Interest Rates
19. The Relationship between the Money and Goods Markets
20. Aggregate Supply, Inflation and Unemployment
21. The relationship between Inflation, Unemployment and Output
22. Fiscal and Monetary Policy
23. Long-term Economic Growth and Supply-side Policies
THE WORLD ECONOMY
24. International Trade
25. The Balance of Payments and Exchange Rates
26. Economies in an Interdependent World
Appendix 1: Some Techniques of Economic Analysis
Appendix 2: Websites
Threshold Concepts and Key Ideas
Glossary
Index
