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The scope and method of economics - The economic problem : scarcity and choice - Demand, supply, and market equilibrium - Demand and supply applications - Elasticity - Household behavior and consumer choice - The production process : the behavior of profit-maximizing firms - Short-run costs and output decisions - Long-run costs and output decisions - Input demand : the labor and land markets - Input demand : the capital market and the investment decision - General equilibrium and the efficiency of perfect competition - Monopoly and antitrust policy - Oligopoly - Monopolistic competition - Externalities, public goods, and social choice - Uncertainty and asymmetric information - Income distribution and poverty - Public finance : the economics of taxation - International trade, comparative advantage, and protectionism - Economic growth in developing and transitional economies