Includes index.

Contents: An Overview -- Supply and demand -- The Public sector -- National income accounting -- The Business cycle -- Unemployment -- Inflation -- Aggregate spending -- Potential instability -- Fiscal policy -- The National debt -- Money and banks -- The Federal reserve system -- Monetary policy -- Supply side policies -- Economic growth: Sources and limits -- Theory and reality -- Global macro -- The Demand for goods -- The cost of production -- The Competitive firm -- Competitive markets -- Monopoly -- Imperfect competition -- Market power and antitrust -- (De) regulation of business -- Environmental protection -- The Farm problem -- The Labor market -- Power in labor market -- Rent, interest and profit -- Taxes, equity vs. efficiency -- Work vs. welfare -- Financial markets -- International trade -- International finance -- International development -- The Collapse of communism.