Economics. Private and Public Choice (AISE)

PART 1. THE ECONOMIC WAY OF THINKING. 1. The Economic Approach. 2. Some Tools of the Economist. PART 2. MARKETS AND GOVERNMENT. 3. Supply, Demand, and the Market Process. 4. Supply and Demand: Applications and Extensions. 5. Difficult Cases for the Market and the Role of Government. 6. The Economics of Collective Decision Making. PART 3. CORE MACROECONOMICS. 7. Taking the Nation's Economic Pulse. 8. Economic Fluctuations, Unemployment, and Inflation. 9. An Introduction to Basic Macroeconomic Markets. 10. Working With Our Basic Aggregate Demand/Aggregate Supply Model. 11. Keynes and the Evolution of Macroeconomics. 12. Fiscal Policy. 13. Money and the Banking System. 14. Modern Macroeconomics: Monetary System. 15. Stabilization Policy, Output, and Employment. 16. Economic Growth. PART 4. INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS. 17. Gaining from International Trade. 18. International Finance and the Foreign Exchange Market (macro split only). PART 5. CORE MICROECONOMICS. 19. Consumer Demand and Elasticity. 20. Costs and the Supply of Goods. 21. Price Takers and the Competitive Process. 22. Price-Searcher Markets with Low Entry Barriers. 23. Price-Searcher Markets with High Entry Barriers. 24. The Supply of and Demand for Productive Resources. 25. Earnings, Productivity, and the Job Market. 26. Investment, the Capital Market, and the Wealth of Nations. 27. Income Inequality and Poverty. PART 6. APPLYING THE BASICS. SPECIAL TOPICS. 1. Government Spending and Taxation. 2. The Internet: How Is It Changing the Economy? 3. The Economics of Social Security. 4. The Stock Market: What Does It Do and How Has it Performed? 5. The Federal Budget and the National Debt. 6. The Phillips Curve: Is There a Tradeoff Between Unemployment and Inflation? 7. The Economics of Health Care. 8. School Choice: Can It Improve the Quality of Education? 9. Is Discrimination Responsible for the Earnings Difference between Men and Women? 10. Information, Transaction Costs, a Business Strategy: Some Special Cases.