: Introduction: AS Level1: Basic economic ideas and resource allocation1: Introducing economics2: The price system and the microeconomy2: The nature of demand3: The nature of supply4: Market equilibrium and the price system5: Prices and resource allocation3: Government microeconomic intervention6: The government in the microeconomy4: The macroeconomy7: Aggregate demand, aggregate supply and macroeconomic equilibrium8: Macroeconomic performance and inflation9: The balance of payments and the exchange rate10: Trade and specialisation5: Government macroeconomic intervention11: Macroeconomic policies: A Level: Part 1: Basic economic ideas: Chapter 14 Economic efficiency: 14.1 Resource allocation and efficiency: 14.2 The working of a market economy: Part 2: The price system and the theory of the firm: Chapter 15 Marginal utility: 15.1 Marginal utility theory: 15.2 Marginal utility and demand: Chapter 16 Firms and how they operate: 16.1 The nature of firms: 16.2 The growth of firms: 16.3 Costs and revenue for firms: 16.4 Motivations of firms: Chapter 17 Perfect competition and monopoly: 17.1 Market structure: 17.2 Perfect competition: 17.3 Monopoly: Chapter 18 Monopolistic competition and oligopoly: 18.1 Monopolistic competition: 18.2 Price discrimination: 18.3 Oligopoly: 18.4 Pricing strategies and contestable markets: Chapter 19 Markets and resource allocation: 19.1 Perfect competition and monopoly compared: 19.2 Market concentration: Chapter 20 The labour market: 20.1 Demand for labour: 20.2 Elasticity of the demand for labour: 20.3 Labour supply: 20.4 Labour market equilibrium: 20.5 Labour markets: 20.6 Education and the labour market: 20.7 Market failure in labour markets: 20.8 Trade unions: Part 3: Government intervention in the price system: Chapter 21 Market imperfections and microeconomic policy: 21.1 Market failure: 21.2 Dealing with imperfect competition: 21.3 Natural monopoly and privatisation: 21.4 Inequality in income and wealth: Part 4: International trade: There is no supplement for international trade: Part 5: Theory and measurement in the macroeconomy: Chapter 22 National income and money supply: 22.1 Measuring national income: 22.2 Money supply: 22.3 The government budget: Chapter 23 Modelling the economy: 23.1 Monetarist and Keynesian approaches to the macroeconomy: 23.2 A Keynesian approach to macroeconomic equilibrium: 23.3 The multiplier and accelerator effects: Chapter 24 Money and the economy: 24.1 Money in the modern economy: 24.2 Money and inflation: Part 6: Macroeconomic problems: Chapter 25 Economic growth: 25.1 The nature of economic growth: 25.2 GNI and growth: 25.3 The importance of economic growth: Chapter 26 Development and the less developed countries: 26.1 Defining development: 26.2 Which are the less developed countries?: 26.3 Indicators of development: 26.4 Characteristics of less developed countries: 26.5 The structure of economic activity in LDCs: 26.6 The diversity of less developed countries: Chapter 27 Macroeconomic performance: 27.1 Unemployment: 27.2 Interrelated macroeconomic problems: Part 7: Macroeconomic policies: Chapter 28 Designing macroeconomic policy: 28.1 Objectives of macroeconomic policy: 28.2 Fiscal policy: 28.3 Fiscal policy and the AD/AS model: 28.4 Monetary policy: 28.5 Exchange rate policy: 28.6 Supply-side policy: 28.7 Conflicts between policy objectives: Chapter 29 Policies to promote development: 29.1 Problems facing less developed countries: 29.2 The Harrod-Domar model: 29.3 Institutions and development: 29.4 The role of external resources in development: 29.5 Overseas assistance: Glossary: Index