PART I: WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT AND HOW TO STUDY IT.- What is Economics?.- Why Study Economics?.- What to Expect From Your Economics Course.- Studying Economics Successfully.- PART II: INTRODUCING SMALLER-SCALE ANALYSIS - THE MICROECONOMIC WORLD.- What Consumers Buy.- How Much Producers Make and Sell.- When Consumers and Producers Interact.- When the Interaction Goes Wrong.- PART III: INTRODUCING LARGER-SCALE ANALYSIS: THE MACROECONOMIC WORLD.- The Size of the Economy.- Demand and Supply but on a Bigger Scale.- Unemployment, Money and Inflation.- The Economy in its International Setting.- PART IV: HOW IT HAS ALL COME ABOUT.- The Evolution of Economics Itself.- The Masters of the Subject.- PART V: WHERE ELSE TO LOOK.- Recommended Resources.- INDEX.