Samuelson's text was first published in 1948, and it immediately became the
authority for the principles of economics courses.
The book continues to be the standard-bearer for
principles courses, and this revision continues to be a clear, accurate, and interesting
introduction to modern economics principles. Bill Nordhaus is now the primary author of
this text, and he has revised the book to be as current and relevant as ever.
Table of Contents
PART ONE BASIC CONCEPTS
Chapter 1 The Central Concepts of Economics
Chapter 2 The Modern Mixed Economy
Chapter 3 Basic Elements of Supply and Demand
PART TWO MACROECONOMICS: ECONOMIC GROWTH AND BUSINESS
CYCLES
Chapter 4 Overview of Macroeconomics
Chapter 5 Measuring Economic Activity
Chapter 6 Consumption and Investment
Chapter 7 Business Cycles and Aggregate Demand
Chapter 8 Capital, Interest, and Profits
Chapter 9 Money and Financial Markets
Chapter 10 Monetary Policy and the Economy
PART THREE GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, AND THE GLOBAL
ECONOMY
Chapter 11 Economic Growth
Chapter 12 The Challenge of Economic Development
Chapter 13 Exchange Rates and the International Financial System
Chapter 14 Open-Economy Macroeconomics
PART FOUR UNEMPLOYMENT, INFLATION, AND ECONOMIC
POLICY
Chapter 15 Unemployment and the Foundations of Aggregate
Supply
Chapter 16 Inflation
Chapter 17 The Frontiers of Macroeconomics
416 pages, Paperback