SUMARIO: Economics: the core issues - The U.S. economy: a global view - Supply and demand - The public sector - National/income accounting - Unemployment - Inflation - The business cycle - Aggregate spending - Self/adjustment or instability - Fiscal policy - Deficits, surpluses, and debts - Money and banks - The Federal Reserver System - Monetary policy - Supply/side policy: short/run options - Growth and productivity: long/run possibilities - Global macro - Theory and reality - The demand for goods - The costs of production - The competitive firm - Competitive markets - Monopoly - Oligopoly - Monopolistic competition - /De/regulation of business - Environmental protection - The farm problem - The labor market - Labor unions - Uncertainty, risk, and financial markets - Taxes: equity vs. efficiency - Transfer payments: welfare and social security - International trade - International finance - The new capitalist revolutions: Russia, China, Cuba - Glossary - Index - Problem set