Karl E. Case, Wellesley College
Ray C. Fair,
Yale University

Principles of Economics and Companion Website PLUS, 7/E

Textbook:
ISBN: 0-13-144172-8
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2004
Format: Cloth; 896 pp

New features for this edition:

• Chapter title and slide counter in every slide
• Single-click trigger. Only one click triggers the entire sequence of events in each slide.
• New crisp and clear graphics format, color consistencey, and automatic step-by-step construction.
• List of key concepts at the end of each chapter, linked to the slide where the concept can be found.
• Thorough coverage, including every graph, table, equation, and concept at the margin.

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Companion Website Testing:

The quizzes developed for the companion website were built with the primary goal of streamlining the content and increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the language in each question. Each question was evaluated for its pertinence and ability to reinforce key concepts. Here are some other key features:

• Each chapter now contains a minimum of 20 questions, which refer to the precise graphics and language of the related and surrounding concepts in the textbook.
• The questions reinforce the main ideas found in the textbook, particularly those illustrated by a graph, table, or equation.
• The order of the questions is the same as the order of concepts presented in the chapter.
• In most cases, the graphs are identical reproductions of the graphs found in the textbook.
• Every answer is supported by strong coaching. Even the wrong choices provide explanations to key concepts and the surrounding material.
  
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Table of Contents

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I. INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS.

 1. The Scope and Method of Economics.

 2. The Economic Problem: Scarcity and Choice.

 3. Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium.

 4. Demand and Supply Applications and Elasticity.

II. FOUNDATIONS OF MICROECONOMICS: CONSUMERS AND FIRMS.

 5. Household Behavior and Consumer Choice.

 6. The Production Process: The Behavior of Profit-Maximizing Firms.

 7. Short-Run Costs and Output Decisions.

 8. Long-Run Costs and Output Decisions.

 9. Input Demand: The Labor and Land Markets.

10. Input Demand: The Capital Market and the Investment Decision.

11. General Equilibrium and the Efficiency of Perfect Competition.

III. MARKET IMPERFECTIONS AND THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT.

12. Monopoly and Antitrust Policy.

13. Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly.

14. Externalities, Public Goods, Imperfect Information, and Social Choice.

15. Income Distribution and Poverty.

16. Public Finance: The Economics of Taxation.

IV. CONCEPTS AND PROBLEMS IN MACROECONOMICS.

17. Introduction to Macroeconomics.

18. Measuring National Output and National Income.

19. Long-Run and Short-Run Concerns: Growth, Productivity, Unemployment, and Inflation.

V. THE GOODS AND MONEY MARKETS.

20. Aggregate Expenditure and Equilibrium Output.

21. The Government and Fiscal Policy.

22. The Money Supply and the Federal Reserve System.

23. Money Demand, the Equilibrium Interest Rate, and Monetary Policy.

VI. MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS.

24. Money, the Interest Rate, and Output: Analysis and Policy.

25. Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply, and Inflation.

26. The Labor Market, Unemployment, and Inflation.

27. Macroeconomic Issues and Policy.

28. The Stock Market and the Economy.

29. Household and Firm Behavior in the Macroeconomy: A Further Look.

30. Long-Run Growth.

31. Debates in Macroeconomics: Monetarism, New Classical Theory, and Supply-Side Economics.

VII. THE WORLD ECONOMY.

32. International Trade, Comparative Advantage, and Protectionism.

33. Open-Economy Macroeconomics: The Balance of Payments and Exchange Rates.

34. Globalization.

35. Economic Growth in Developing and Transitional Economies.