Explorations in Economics
by Alan Krueger and David Anderson
Worth Publishers | February 2013 | ISBN-10: 0716701073 | True PDF | 859 pages | 67.5 mb 
http://www.amazon.com/Explorations-Economics-Alan-Krueger/dp/0716701073

Brief Contents
PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS
CHAPTER 1 EXPLORING ECONOMICS 1
CHAPTER 2 COMPARING ECONOMIC SYSTEMS 37
CHAPTER 3 MAKING ECONOMIC DECISIONS 79
PART 2 SUPPLY AND DEMAND: FUNDAMENTAL FORCES IN MARKETS
CHAPTER 4 THE DEMAND FOR GOODS AND SERVICES 107
CHAPTER 5 THE SUPPLY OF GOODS AND SERVICES 147
CHAPTER 6 PRICES AND QUANTITIES: PUTTING SUPPLY AND DEMAND TOGETHER 185
PART 3 MARKET EFFICIENCY AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 7 BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS 225
CHAPTER 8 MARKET STRUCTURE 267
CHAPTER 9 MARKET FAILURE AND GOVERNMENT FAILURE 303
PART 4 APPLICATIONS OF MICROECONOMICS
CHAPTER 10 TAXES: THE PRICE OF A FUNCTIONING GOVERNMENT 331
CHAPTER 11 LABOR MARKETS 361
CHAPTER 12 PERSONAL FINANCE: MANAGING YOUR MONEY 399
PART 5 MACROECONOMICS
CHAPTER 13 MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE 441
CHAPTER 14 UNEMPLOYMENT AND INFLATION 485
CHAPTER 15 FISCAL POLICY 519
CHAPTER 16 MONEY, BANKING, AND FINANCIAL MARKETS 555
CHAPTER 17 THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM AND MONETARY POLICY 599
PART 6 INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 18 TRADE AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY 633
CHAPTER 19 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBAL CHALLENGES 671
Personal Finance Handbook FH-1
Skills Handbook SH-1
Glossary/Glosario G-1
Reviewers R-1
Index I-1

About the Authors

Alan B. Krueger is the Bendheim Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. He received a bachelor’s degree with honors from Cornell University and an A.M. degree and Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University. Krueger currently serves as Chairman of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers and is a member of the President’s Cabinet. He previously served as Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy and Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (2009-10), and as Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Labor (1994-95). He was also a columnist for the New York Times. Among his many scholarly publications are What Makes a Terrorist: Economics and the Roots of Terrorism and Education Matters: A Selection of Essays on Education. When not in Washington, DC, Krueger lives in Princeton, New Jersey, with his wife, Lisa, a high school math teacher. They have two adult children.

David Anderson is the Paul G. Blazer Professor of Economics at Centre College. He received his BA in economics from the University of Michigan and his MA and PhD in economics from Duke University. Anderson is a leading authority on AP Economics and currently serves as chief reader for the AP Microeconomics exam. He has authored dozens of scholarly articles and many books, including Krugman’s Economics for AP, Cracking the AP Economics Exam, Economics by Example, Favorite Ways to Learn Economics, Environmental Economics and Natural Resource Management, Contemporary Economics for Managers, and Treading Lightly. His research is primarily on economic education, environmental economics, law and economics, and labor economics. He lives in Danville, Kentucky, with his wife and two children.