Introduction to Economics: Theory and Data

Front Matter....Pages N2-viii
Economic Resources....Pages 1-48
Output and Income....Pages 49-92
Income and Expenditure in the Personal Sector....Pages 93-179
The Company Sector....Pages 180-225
The Individual Enterprise....Pages 226-241
Consumer Behaviour and Market Constraints on the Enterprise....Pages 242-271
Efficient Production: Capital-Labour Substitution and Economies of Scale....Pages 272-314
Technical Progress: Technological Change, the Learning Curve, and Economic Growth....Pages 315-374
General Government Expenditure and Income....Pages 375-451
Public Corporations....Pages 452-483
Final Expenditure and Aggregate Demand....Pages 484-539
The Macroeconomic System and Sector Financial Balances....Pages 540-575
Financial Intermediation, Banking and the Money Supply....Pages 576-638
Economic Policy....Pages 639-669
Investment and Economic Growth....Pages 670-698
Back Matter....Pages 699-714