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Part 1 Basic concepts: basic problems of economic organization; marketsand government in a modern economy; basic elements of supply anddemand. Part 2 Microeconomics: supply, demand and product markets;supply and demand in individual markets; demand and consumer behaviour;production and business organization; analysis of costs; supply andpricing in competitive markets; marginal revenue and monopoly;oligopoly and monopolistic competition; uncertainty and games ineconomic behaviour. Part 3 Wages, rent and profits: the distribution ofincome; incomes and the pricing factors of production; wages and thelabour market; labour unions and collective bargaining; land, naturalresources and capital. Part 4 Efficiency, equity and government:markets and economic efficiency; government and the economy; governmenttaxation and expenditure; curbing market power - regulation andantitrust policies; income distribution and the struggle againstpoverty; the winds of change - the triumph of the market. Part 5Fundamental concepts of macroeconomics: overview of macroeconomics;measuring national output and income; consumption and investment;fundamentals of aggregate supply and demand; the multiplier model;money and commercial banking; central banking and monetary policy. Part6 Aggregate supply and macroeconomics policy: economic growth; businesscycles and unemployment; the cost of inflation; inflation andunemployment; fiscal policy, deficits and the government debt; issuesin economic stabilization. Part 7 International trade and the worldeconomy: international trade and the theory of comparative advantage;protectionism 1nd free trade' the economics of developing countries;exchange rates and the international financial system.