Acknowledgments
IntroductionPart One. How's the Economy Doing? Macroeconomics
1. The Big Picture
2. Uncle Sam the Debtor: Deficits and Fiscal and Monetary Policy
Part Two. The Economist's Toolbox: Microeconomics
3. The Very Model of a Modern Major Market: Microeconomics
4. Applying Microeconomics to Major Markets: Advertising, Education, the Environment, Health Care
Part Three. The International Scene
5. Border Crossings: International Trade
6. Money Makes the World Go Round: Currencies and Finance
Part Four. Making a Buck: Business Finance and Personal Investing
7. Going for Broke: How Businesses Finance Themselves
8. Taking Stock of Personal Investments
Part Five. A Tourist's Guide to the History of Economic Thought
9. They Shoot Economists, Don't They? Great Economists and Schools of Thought
Conclusion
Appendix: Greatest Hits of Economics
Notes
Suggested Readings
Index