| Chapter | |
| PART 1 What is Economics? | |
| Intro: The Ordinary Business of Life | |
| First Principles | 1 |
| Economic Models: Trade-offs and Trade | 2 |
| PART 2 Supply and Demand | |
| Supply and Demand | 3 |
| Price Controls and Quotas: Meddling with Markets | 4 |
| International Trade | 5 |
| PART 3 Introduction to Macroeconomics | |
| Macroeconomics: The Big Picture | 6 |
| GDP and CPI: Tracking the Macroeconomy | 7 |
| Unemployment and Inflation | 8 |
| PART 4 Long-Run Economic Growth | |
| Long-Run Economic Growth | 9 |
| Savings, Investment Spending, and the Financial System | 10 |
| PART 5 Short-Run Economic Fluctuations | |
| Income and Expenditure | 11 |
| Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply | 12 |
| PART 6 Stabilization Policy | |
| Fiscal Policy | 13 |
| Money, Banking, and the Federal Reserve System | 14 |
| Monetary Policy | 15 |
| Inflation, Disinflation, and Deflation | 16 |
| Crises and Consequences | 17 |
| PART 7 Events and Ideas | |
| Events and Ideas | 18 |
| PART 8 The Open Economy | |
| Open-Economy Macroeconomics | 19 |
