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1 A Brief Economic History of the United States 2 Resource Utilization 3 Supply and Demand 4 The Mixed Economy 5 The Household Consumption Sector 6 The Business Investment Sector 7 The Government Sector 8 The Export Import Sector 9 Gross Domestic Product 10 Economic Fluctuations, Unemployment, and Inflation 11 Classical and Keynesian Economics 12 Fiscal Policy and the National Debt 13 Money and Banking 14 The Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy 15 A Century of Economic Theory 16 Economic Growth and Productivity 17 Demand, Supply, and Equilibrium 18 The Price Elasticities of Demand and Supply 19 Theory of Consumer Behavior 20 Cost 21 Profit, Loss, 22 Perfect Competition 23 Monopoly 24 Monopolistic Competition 25 Oligopoly 26 Corporate Mergers and Antitrust 27 Demand in the Factor Market 28 Labor Unions 29 Labor Markets and Wage Rates 30 Rent, Interest, and Profit 31 Income Distribution and Poverty 32 International Trade 33 International Finance Glossary Index