本书介绍经济学的基本内容，包括经济学研究对象与方法，微观经济学与宏观经济学。经济学研究稀缺资源的配置，本书把这个研究对象概括为经济学十大原理，当经济学认识世界，说明世界是什么时，用的是实证分析，当经济学设计政策时，要知道世界应该是什么，用的是规范分析法。微观经济学以价格理论为中心，说明市场机制如何调节经济；宏观经济学分析整体经济的运行，说明使经济运行更完美的政策。全书通俗易懂，且结合实际，融理论与政策为一体，是一本优秀的入门教材。
- 前辅文
- 1 Ten Principles of Economics
- 2 Thinking Like an Economist
- 3 Interdependence and the Gains from Trade
- 4 The Market Forces of Supply and Demand
- 5 Elasticity and Its Application
- 6 Supply, Demand, and Government Policies
- 7 Consumers, Producers, and the Efficiency of Markets
- 8 Application: The Costs of Taxation
- 9 Application: International Trade
- 10 Externalities
- 11 Public Goods and Common Resources
- 12 The Costs of Production
- 13 Firms in Competitive Markets
- 14 Monopoly
- 15 Measuring a Nation’s Income
- 16 Measuring the Cost of Living
- 17 Production and Growth
- 18 Saving, Investment, and the Financial System
- 19 The Basic Tools of Finance
- Glossary
