"Fortunately, The Micro Economy Today is exceptionally well suited for this task. From its inception, this text has been motivated by policy issues. The primary goal has been to help students understand the challenges of economic policy and the consequences of specific actions like tariffs,...

Section I. Basics: The challenge of economics -- The U.S. economy -- Supply and demand / Section II. Microeconomics: Consumer demand -- Supply decisions -- Competition -- Monopoly -- The labor market -- Government intervention / Section III. Macroeconomics: The business cycle -- Aggregate supply...

"The Economy Today is exceptionally well suited for this task. From its inception, this text has been motivated by policy issues. The primary goal has been to help students understand the challenges of economic pol-icy and the consequences of specific actions like tariffs, regulation, and tax...