Prologue - What is Economic Theory? - Thinking Like Economists - The Market Forces: Supply and Demand - Background of Demand: Consumer Choices - Background of Supply: The Firm's Production Costs - Background of Supply: Firms in Competitive Markets - Consumers, Producers, and Market Efficiency - Supply, Demand, and Government Policies - Public Goods, Common Resources, and Merit Goods - Market Failure and Externalities - Market Structures I: Monopoly - Market Structures II: Monopolistic Competition - Market Structures III: Oligopoly - Market Structures IV: Contestable Markets - The Economics of Factor Markets - Income Inequality and Poverty - Interdependence and the Gains from Trade - Economics of Information & Behavioral Economics - Heterodox Theories in Economics - Measuring National Welfare and Price Levels - Production and Growth - Unemployment and the Labor Market - Saving, Investment, and the Financial System - The Monetary System - Open Economy Macroeconomics - Economic Cycles - Keynesian Economic Theory and IS-LM Analysis - Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply - The Impact of Monetary and Fiscal Policy on Aggregate Demand - The Short-Run Trade-Off Between Inflation and Unemployment - Supply-Side Economic Policies - Economic Disturbances - The European Union - Economics of Sustainability - Glossary - Index of Terms - Mathematical Formulas