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Roger LeRoy Miller is currently affiliated with the Institute for University Studies in Arlington, Texas. Prior to this affiliation, he has held faculty appointments at the University of Washington at Seattle, the University of Hawaii, Clemson University, and the University of Miami, where he co-founded the Law and Economics Center.   Miller has authored and co-authored a myriad of articles and textbooks. He is the sole author of the best-selling Economics Today text and a co-author of the highly successful Economics of Public Issues.    In addition to his work in academia, Miller has been invited to give talks and lectures across America, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and France. He has also served as a consultant to several law firms and numerous state and federal agencies.

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Brief Table of Contents

 

PART I Introduction



1 The Nature of Economics



2 Scarcity and the World of Trade-Offs

3 Demand and Supply



4 Extensions of Demand and Supply Analysis

5 Public Spending and Public Choice



6 Funding the Public Sector  

PART 2 Introduction to Macroeconomics and Economic Growth



7 The Macroeconomy: Unemployment, Inflation and Deflation



8 Measuring the Economy’s Performance

9 Global Economic Growth and Development

 

PART 3 Real GDP Determination and Fiscal Policy



10 Real GDP and the Price Level in the Long Run

11 Classical and Keynesian Macro Analyses



12 Consumption, Real GDP, and the Multiplier

13 Fiscal Policy



14 Deficit Spending and the Public Debt  

PART 4 Money, Stabilization, and Growth



15 Money, Banking, and Central Banking



16 Domestic and International Dimensions of Monetary Policy

17 Stabilization in an Integrated World Economy



18 Policies and Prospects for Global Economic Growth  

PART 5 Dimensions of Microeconomics



19 Demand and Supply Elasticity



20 Consumer Choice

21 Rents, Profits, and the Financial Environment of Business

 

PART 6 Market Structure, Resource Allocation, and Regulation



22 The Firm: Cost and Output Determination

23 Perfect Competition



24 Monopoly

25 Monopolistic Competition



26 Oligopoly and Strategic Behavior

27 Regulation and Antitrust Policy in a Globalized Economy

 

PART 7 Labor Resources and the Environment



28 The Labor Market: Demand, Supply, and Outsourcing

29 Unions and Labor Market Monopoly Power



30 Income, Poverty, and Health Care

31 Environmental Economics

 

PART 8 Global Economics



32 Comparative Advantage and the Open Economy

33 Exchange Rates and the Balance of Payments