
The Economic Way of Thinking
by Heyne, Paul; Boettke, Peter J.; Prychitko, David L.Rent Textbook
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Table of Contents
Preface | p. xi |
About the Authors | p. xvii |
The Economic Way of Thinking | p. 3 |
Questions for Discussion | p. 17 |
Efficiency, Exchange, and Comparative Advantage | p. 21 |
An Appendix: Economic Growth: Specialization, Exchange, and The Rule of Law | p. 35 |
Questions for Discussion | p. 40 |
Substitutes Everywhere: The Concept of Demand | p. 45 |
Questions for Discussion | p. 67 |
Cost and Choice: The Concept of Supply | p. 75 |
Questions for Discussion | p. 93 |
Supply and Demand: A Process of Coordination | p. 99 |
An Appendix: Coordination Problems: Transaction Costs | p. 109 |
Questions for Discussion | p. 115 |
Unintended Consequences: More Applications of Supply and Demand | p. 119 |
An Appendix: Framing Economic Questions Correctly | p. 139 |
Questions for Discussion | p. 144 |
Profit and Loss | p. 153 |
An Appendix: Profiteering in Futures Markets | p. 167 |
Questions for Discussion | p. 174 |
Price Searching | p. 183 |
Questions for Discussion | p. 197 |
Competition and Government Policy | p. 205 |
Questions for Discussion | p. 223 |
Externalities and Conflicting Rights | p. 229 |
Questions for Discussion | p. 245 |
Markets and Government | p. 255 |
Questions for Discussion | p. 276 |
Measuring the Overall Performance of Economic Systems | p. 283 |
An Appendix: Limitations of National Income Accounting | p. 303 |
Questions for Discussion | p. 308 |
The Wealth of Nations: Globalization and Economic Growth | p. 313 |
An Appendix: The Difficulties of International GDP Comparisons | p. 334 |
Questions for Discussion | p. 337 |
Money | p. 341 |
An Appendix: What About Gold? | p. 355 |
Questions for Discussion | p. 357 |
Economic Performance and Real-World Politics | p. 363 |
Questions for Discussion | p. 386 |
Renewal of the Debate: Some Parting Thoughts | p. 395 |
Glossary | p. 407 |
Index | p. 415 |
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