Author Biography

Stephen Slavin received his BA in economics at Brooklyn College, and his MA and PhD ineconomics at New York University. He taught for over 30 years at New York Institute of Technology,Brooklyn College, St Francis College (Brooklyn), and Union County College (New Jersey). His sixteen math and economics books include the bestselling All the Math Youll Ever Need, and most recently, The Great American Economy: How Inefficiency Broke It and What We Can Do to Fix It. In addition, he has written two volumes of shortstoriesTo the City: with Love. His blog, commenting on current economic and political issues, appears onValuewalk.com. Perhaps Slavins greatest claim to fame is having run track in high school with Bernie Sanders, and having been his college roommate.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1:  A Brief Economic History of the  United States
Chapter 2:  Resource Utilization
Chapter 3:  The Mixed Economy
Chapter 4:  Supply and Demand
Chapter 5:  Demand, Supply, and Equilibrium
Chapter 6:  The Price Elasticities of Demand and Supply
Chapter 7:  Theory of Consumer Behavior
Chapter 8:  Cost
Chapter 9:  Profit, Loss, and Perfect Competition
Chapter 10: Monopoly
Chapter 11: Monopolistic Competition 
Chapter 12: Oligopoly
Chapter 13: Corporate Mergers and Antitrust
Chapter 14: Demand in the Factor Market
Chapter 15: Labor Unions
Chapter 16: Labor Markets and Wage Rates
Chapter 17: Rent, Interest, and Profit
Chapter 18: Income Distribution and Poverty 
Chapter 19: International Trade
Chapter 20: International Finance

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