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Demystifying Economics

Available December 15, 2011
NOW AVAILABLE!

An alternative to the standard
Principles of Economics
textbook

 *Ideal for general education and pre-principles courses.

*Can serve as a core book for building your own principles course.

*Perfect for a refresher course at the graduate level.
  






Copyright © 2012 by Allen W. Smith 

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Ordering Information

DEMYSTIFYING ECONOMICS: The Student-Friendly Textbook 

ISBN 978-0-9770851-3-2
 L
ist Price: $34.95 
Available for Shipment December 15, 2011

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Click on the individual chapter links below to review one chapter at a time.

Title Page
Preface
CHAPTER ONE: Introduction to Economics
CHAPTER TWO: The American Economy
CHAPTER THREE: Gross Domestic Product
CHAPTER FOUR: Unemployment
CHAPTER FIVE: Inflation
CHAPTER SIX: Fiscal Policy
CHAPTER SEVEN: Money and Banking
CHAPTER EIGHT: International Trade and Finance
CHAPTER NINE: Business Organization and Market Structures
CHAPTER TEN: Labor Economics and Labor Relations
CHAPTER ELEVEN: The Laws of Supply and Demand
CHAPTER TWELVE: The Economics of the Firm
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Other Markets and Market Limitations
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: The Financial Meltdown and the Great Recession
APPENDIX: Measures of Economic Performance
Mini-Dictionary of Economic Terms and Concepts
INDEX
About the Author