Principles of economics : based on Schaum's outline of theory and problems of principles of economics, second edition, by Dominick Salvatore and Eugene Diulio / abridgement editor, Wm. Alan Bartley.

Includes index.

Introduction to economics -- Demand, supply, and equilibrium -- Unemployment, inflation, and national income -- Consumption, investment, net exports, and government expenditures -- Traditional Keynesian approach to equilibrium output -- Fiscal policy -- Federal Reserve and monetary policy -- Monetary policy and fiscal policy -- Economic growth and productivity -- International trade and finance -- Theory of consumer demand and utility -- Production costs -- Perfect competition -- Monopoly - Monopolistic competition and oligopoly -- Demand for economic resources -- Pricing of wages, rent, interest and profits.