Chapter Key Objectives and Concepts

Here you will find the key objectives and concepts for each of the chapters we have studied.

Chapter One The Role and Method of Economics

SECTION 1.1 ECONOMICS: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION

SECTION 1.2 ECONOMIC THEORY

SECTION 1.3 SCARCITY

SECTION 1.4 OPPORTUNITY COST

SECTION 1.5 MARGINAL THINKING

SECTION 1.6 INCENTIVES MATTER

SECTION 1.7 SPECIALIZATION AND TRADE

SECTION 1.8 MARKET PRICES COORDINATE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

Appendix: Working with Graphs

Chapter Two: Scarcity, Trade-offs, and Production Possibilities

SECTION 2.1 THE THREE ECONOMIC QUESTIONS EVERY SOCIETY FACES

SECTION 2.2 THE CIRCULAR FLOW MODEL

SECTION 2.3 THE PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES CURVE

SECTION 2.4 ECONOMIC GROWTH AND THE PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES CURVE

Chapter Three: Supply and Demand

SECTION 3.1 MARKETS

SECTION 3.2 DEMAND

SECTION 3.3 SHIFTS IN THE DEMAND CURVE

SECTION 3.4 SUPPLY

SECTION 3.5 SHIFT IN THE SUPPLY CURVE

Chapter Four: Bringing Supply and Demand Together

SECTION 4.1 MARKET EQUILIBRIUM PRICE AND QUANTITY

SECTION 4.2 CHANGES IN EQUILIBRIUM PRICE AND QUANTITY

SECTION 4.3 PRICE CONTROLS

Chapter Five: Introduction to the Macroeconomy

SECTION 5.1 MACROECONOMIC GOALS

SECTION 5.2 EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT

SECTION 5.3 DIFFERENT TYPES OF UNEMPLOYMENT

SECTION 5.4 INFLATION

SECTION 5.5 ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS

Chapter Six: Measuring Economic Performance

SECTION 6.1 NATIONAL INCOME ACCOUNTING:MEASURING ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE

SECTION 6.2 THE EXPENDITURE APPROACH TO MEASURING GDP

SECTION 6.3 THE INCOME APPROACH TO MEASURING GDP

SECTION 6.4 PROBLEMS IN CALCULATING AN ACCURATE GDP

SECTION 6.5 PROBLEMS WITH GDP AS A MEASURE OF ECONOMIC WELFARE

Chapter Seven: Economic Growth in The Global Economy

SECTION 7.1 ECONOMIC GROWTH

SECTION 7.2 DETERMINANTS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH

SECTION 7.3 PUBLIC GROWTH AND ECONOMIC POLICY

SECTION 7.4 POPULATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

Chapter Eleven: Money and the Banking System

SECTION 11.1 WHAT IS MONEY?

SECTION 11.2 MEASURING MONEY

SECTION 11.3 HOW BANKS CREATE MONEY

SECTION 11.4 THE MONEY MULTIPLIER