includes indexes and glossary.

Contents:Economics:the study of opportunity cost -- Supply and demand -- The concept of elasticity and consumer and producer surplus -- Firm production,cost, and revenue -- Perfection competition,monopoly, and economic versus normal profit -- Every macroeconomic word you ever heard:gross domestic product, inflation, unemployment, recession, and depression -- Interest rate and present value -- Aggregate demand and aggregate supply -- Fiscal policy - Monetary policy -- The housing bubble -- The recession of 2007-2009:causes and policy responses -- Federal spending -- Federal deficits, Surpluses, and the national debt -- International trade: does it jeopardize American jobs? -- International finance and exchange rates -NAFTA,CAFTA,GATT,WTO:are trade agreements good for us? -- Economic growth and development -- The international monetary fund:doctor or witch doctor -- The line between legal and illegal goods -- The environment -- Health care -- Government provided health insurances: medicaid,medicare, and the child health insurance program -- The economics of prescription drugs -- So you want to be a lawyer: economics and the law -- The economics of crime -- The economics of race and sex discrimination -- Farm policy -- Minimum wage -- Ticket brokers and ticket scalping -- Why college textbooks cost so much -- Education -- Poverty and welfare -- Social security --Personal income taxes -- Energy prices -- If we build it would they come? and other sports questions -- The stock markets and crashes -- Unions -- The cost of war -- The economics of terrorism -- Wal-mart:always low prices(and low wages)-always -- The economic impact of casino gambling.