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Economics - the core questions; the US economy - a global view; supply and demand; the public sector. Part 1 Major problems: national income accounting; unemployment; inflation. Part 2 Cyclical instability: the business cycle; aggregate spending; self-adjustment or instability? Part 3 Fiscal policy options: fiscal policy; deficits, surpluses and debt. Part 4 Monetary policy options: money and banks; the federal reserve system; monetary policy. Part 5 Supply side options: supply-side policy - short-run options; growth and productivity - long-run possibilities. Part 6 Current policies: global macro; theory and reality. Part 7 Product markets: the basics - the demand for goods; the costs of production. Part 8 Market structure: the competitive firms; competitive markets; monopoly; oligopoly; monopolistic competition. Part 9 Regulatory issues: (de) regulation of business; environmental protection; agriculture. Part 10 Factor market: basic theory - the labour market; labour unions; uncertainty, risk, and financial markets - stock and bond markets. Part 11 Distributional issues: taxes - equity versus efficiency; transfer payments - welfare and social security. Part 12 International economics and comparative systems: international trade; international finance; international development and economies in transition. Glossary. Problem sets.