Chapter 1: Economics: The World Around You

• Mapping -- Another Type of Abstraction
• Teen Pregnancy and Welfare Reform
• Is Water a Free Good?
• College Attendance

Chapter 2: Choice, Opportunity Costs, and Specialization

• Newsgroup Markets
• Specialization and the Division of Labor
• WTO/GATT
• International Trade in Goods

Chapter 3: Markets, Demand and Supply, and the Price System

• Rent Control
• Energy Crisis in California
• Iowa Electronic Markets
• Buying the world a Coke?

Chapter 4: The Market System and the Private Sector

• Consumer Sovereignty
• Imports and Exports
• U.S. Imports and Exports by Area

Chapter 5: The Public Sector

• Cigarettes, Children, and the FDA
• Markets and Ocean Fisheries
• Federal, State, and Local Budgets

Chapter 6: Elasticity: Demand and Supply

• Bill Gates' Speech at the Microsoft CEO Summit
• Cigarette Taxes and Demand Elasticity
• Darnell Group
• Substitution Among Pharmaceuticals

Chapter 7: Consumer Choice

• Disneyland and Consumer Surplus
• All You Can Eat Buffets
• Online Service Cost

Chapter 8: Supply: The Costs of Doing Business

• Earth Day: Charting the Next 25 Years
• The Case for Concentration
• Economies of Scale on Dairy Farms
• Fixed and Variable Costs at IBM

Chapter 9: Profit Maximization

• Economic costs and profits for apple orchards
• Economic profit in the banking industry
• Economic Value Added

Chapter 10: Perfect Competition

• Identifying Over-Priced Journals
• Hog Market Cycles
• The FTC and Market Power

Chapter 11: Monopoly

• The DeBeers Diamond Cartel
• The Regulation of California's Electric Industry
• Utilities Regulated by the New York State Public Services Commission
• Elasticity of Demand: "Hints on Obtaining Low Fares"

Chapter 12: Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly

• The Prisoners' Dilemma
• "The Myth of Predatory Pricing"
• Oil and the Gulf War
• The FTC

Chapter 13: Antitrust and Regulation

• Allen Greenspan on the "New Economy"
• Paul Krugman on the "New Economy"
• Deregulation and Stranded Costs
• Wal-Mart v. American Drugs
• Globalization and Antitrust
• The WTO and Global Regulation

Chapter 14: Government and Market Failure

• Gillette-Parker Merger
• Toys "R" Us
• U.S. Policy and Global Warming
• Should Amtrak be subsidized?
• Chemical Scorecard
• Allowance trading

Chapter 15: Resource Markets

• Farms, Fertilizer, and Economic Analysis
• Faculty, Physicians, and Economic Rent
• The Uranium Market

Chapter 16: The Labor Market

• Earning Differences Between Men and Women
• Should all Baseball Teams be Competitive?
• U.S. Discrimination Law
• Current Labor Market Conditions
• The Market Price of an Economist
• Who Pays for Mandated Health Insurance?
• The Role of the EEOC

Chapter 17: Financial Markets: Institutions and Recent Events

• Bond Markets
• The New York Stock Exchange
• The Greater Fool Theory

Chapter 18: The Land Market and Natural Resources

• Finite Resources
• The Sierra Club
• International Trade in Endangered Species

Chapter 19: Aging, Social Security, and Health Care

• Social Security Reform
• Medical Savings Accounts
• The Aging of the U.S. Population
• Work Incentives under TANF

Chapter 20: Income Distribution, Poverty, and Government Policy

• Trends in Poverty rates
• The Lorenz Curve

Chapter 21: World Trade Equilibrium

• Globalization Takes Hold
• The Role of the WTO

Chapter 22: International Trade Restrictions

• Aftermarket Auto Parts
• Free Trade Area of the Americas
• Health and Sanitary Requirements
• The Role of the WTO
• Trade Disputes

Chapter 23: Exchange Rates and Financial Links Between Countries

• Alternative Exchange Rate Systems
• Dollar Peggers