Principles of Microeconomics: A Simplified Approach

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The textbook Principles of Microeconomics: A Simplified Approach introduces pre-college and university students, who are in the first years of their studies, to the fundamental concepts and principles of Microeconomics. The text is focused on five modules, looking at choice, the scarcity problem, opportunity cost, production possibilities frontier and specialization (Module 1); demand, supply and equilibrium, and price elasticity of demand and supply (Module 2); production, cost, and revenue (Module 3); perfect competition, in the short and long run, and imperfect market structures (Module 4); and market failures, as well as government action to address them (Module 5).

MODULE 1 – Scarcity, Choice, and Production Possibilities 
Chapter 1 – What is Microeconomics? 
Chapter 2 - Scarcity, Choice, and Production Possibilities 
MODULE 2 – Demand, Supply, Equilibrium, and Elasticity
Chapter 3 – Demand, Supply and Equilibrium 
Chapter 4 – Elasticity and Consumer Behavior 
Chapter 5 – Resource Markets 
MODULE 3 – Production, Cost, and Revenue 
Chapter 6 – Production and Cost 
Chapter 7 – Revenue and Profit 
MODULE 4 – Market Structures 
Chapter 8 – Perfect Competition 
Chapter 9 – Imperfect Competition 
MODULE 5 – Market Failures and Government Action 
Chapter 10 – Externalities, Monopolies, Oligopolies, and Asymmetric Information 
Chapter 11 – Public and Private Goods, Public Production and Public Provision 
Chapter 12 – Government Policy

Nikolaos Karagiannis

Full Professor of Economics at Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina, USA

Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi

Full Professor of Economics at Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina, USA

The textbook Principles of Microeconomics: A Simplified Approach introduces pre-college and university students, who are in the first years of their studies, to the fundamental concepts and principles of Microeconomics. The text is focused on five modules, looking at choice, the scarcity problem, opportunity cost, production possibilities frontier and specialization (Module 1); demand, supply and equilibrium, and price elasticity of demand and supply (Module 2); production, cost, and revenue (Module 3); perfect competition, in the short and long run, and imperfect market structures (Module 4); and market failures, as well as government action to address them (Module 5).

MODULE 1 – Scarcity, Choice, and Production Possibilities 
Chapter 1 – What is Microeconomics? 
Chapter 2 - Scarcity, Choice, and Production Possibilities 
MODULE 2 – Demand, Supply, Equilibrium, and Elasticity
Chapter 3 – Demand, Supply and Equilibrium 
Chapter 4 – Elasticity and Consumer Behavior 
Chapter 5 – Resource Markets 
MODULE 3 – Production, Cost, and Revenue 
Chapter 6 – Production and Cost 
Chapter 7 – Revenue and Profit 
MODULE 4 – Market Structures 
Chapter 8 – Perfect Competition 
Chapter 9 – Imperfect Competition 
MODULE 5 – Market Failures and Government Action 
Chapter 10 – Externalities, Monopolies, Oligopolies, and Asymmetric Information 
Chapter 11 – Public and Private Goods, Public Production and Public Provision 
Chapter 12 – Government Policy

Nikolaos Karagiannis

Full Professor of Economics at Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina, USA

Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi

Full Professor of Economics at Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina, USA