TY - BOOK AU - Mankiw,N.Gregory TI - Essentials of economics / SN - 0324171919 (package) U1 - 330 PY - 2004/// CY - Mason, Ohio PB - Thomson/South-Western KW - Economics N1 - "Mankiw principles of economics"--P. [4] of cover; Includes index; 1. Ten principles of economics ; 2. Thinking like an economist ; 3. Interdependence and the gains from trade ; 4. The market forces of supply and demand ; 5. Elasticity and its application ; 6. Supply, demand, and government policies ; 7. Consumers, producers, and the efficiency of markets ; 8. Application: the costs of taxation ; 9. Application: international trade ; 10. Externalities ; 11. Public goods and common resources ; 12. The costs of production ; 13. Firms in competitive markets ; 14. Monopoly ; 15. Measuring a nation's income ; 16. Measuring the cost of living ; 17. Production and growth ; 18. Saving, investment, and the financial system ; 19. The basic tools of finance ; 20. Unemployment and its natural rate ; 21. The monetary system ; 22. Money growth and inflation ; 23. Aggregate demand and aggregate supply ; 24. The influence of monetary and fiscal policy on aggregate demand ; 25. Glossary ER -