Krugman's Economics for the AP® Course
Fifth Edition
Publication Date: April 15, 2027
Hardcover ISBN: 9781319618988
Pages: 1056
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Krugman's Economics for the AP® Course
MACROECONOMICS
UNIT 1 Basic Economic Concepts
Module 1.1 Scarcity and Choice
Module 1.2 Opportunity Cost and the Production
Possibilities Curve Model
Module 1.3 Comparative Advantage and
Gains from Trade
Module 1.4 Demand
Module 1.5 Supply
Module 1.6 Market Equilibrium, Disequilibrium,
and Changes in Equilibrium
UNIT 2 Economic Indicators
and the Business Cycle
Module 2.1 The Circular Flow and Gross
Domestic Product
Module 2.2 Limitations of Gross Domestic Product
Module 2.3 Unemployment
Module 2.4 Price Indices and Inflation
Module 2.5 Costs of Inflation
Module 2.6 Real Versus Nominal Gross
Domestic Product
Module 2.7 Business Cycles
UNIT 3 National Income and
Price Determination
Module 3.1 Aggregate Demand
Module 3.2 Multipliers
Module 3.3 Short-Run Aggregate Supply
Module 3.4 Long-Run Aggregate Supply
Module 3.5 Equilibrium in the Aggregate
Demand–Aggregate Supply Model
Module 3.6 Short-Run Changes in the Aggregate
Demand–Aggregate Supply Model
Module 3.7 Long-Run Self-Adjustment in the
Aggregate Demand–Aggregate
Supply Model
Module 3.8 Fiscal Policy
Module 3.9 Automatic Stabilizers
UNIT 4 The Financial Sector
Module 4.1 Financial Assets
Module 4.2 Nominal Versus Real Interest Rates
Module 4.3A Definition, Measurement, and
Functions of Money
Module 4.3B Managing Money and Credit: Central
Banks and the Federal Reserve
Module 4.4 Banking and the Expansion of the
Money Supply
Module 4.5 The Money Market
Module 4.6 Monetary Policy
Module 4.7 The Loanable Funds Market
UNIT 5 Long-Run Consequences
of Stabilization Policies
Module 5.1 Fiscal and Monetary Policy
Actions in the Short Run
Module 5.2 The Phillips Curve
Module 5.3 Money Growth and Inflation
Module 5.4 Government Deficits and the
National Debt
Module 5.5 Crowding Out
Module 5.6 Economic Growth
Module 5.7 Public Policy and Economic Growth
UNIT 6 International Trade
and Finance
Module 6.1 Balance of Payments Accounts
Module 6.2 Exchange Rates
Module 6.3 The Foreign Exchange Market
Module 6.4 Policies, Economic Conditions, and
the Foreign Exchange Market
Module 6.5 The Foreign Exchange Market
and Net Exports
Module 6.6 Real Interest Rate and International
Capital Flows
Macro Appendix: AP® Test Free-Response
Questions
AP® Macroeconomics Exam: Practice Test
Macro Enrichment Modules
Module A Recession and Recovery During
the Pandemic
Module B Federal Reserve Monetary Policy
with Ample Reserves
MICROECONOMICS
UNIT 1 Basic Economic Concepts
Module 1.1 Scarcity and Choice
Module 1.2 Economic Systems
Module 1.3 The Production Possibilities
Curve Model
Module 1.4 Comparative Advantage and Trade
Module 1.5 Cost-Benefit Analysis
Module 1.6 Consumer Choice
UNIT 2 Supply and Demand
Module 2.1 Demand
Module 2.2 Supply
Module 2.3 Price Elasticity of Demand
Module 2.4 Price Elasticity of Supply
Module 2.5 Cross-Price Elasticity and
Income Elasticity
Module 2.6 Consumer Surplus, Producer
Surplus, and Market Equilibrium
Module 2.7 Market Disequilibrium and
Changing Market Conditions
Module 2.8A Government Intervention: Taxes, Subsidies,
and Market Efficiency
Module 2.8B Government Intervention: Price and
Quantity Controls
Module 2.9 International Trade and Public Policy
UNIT 3 Production Costs, Profit,
and Perfect Competition
Module 3.1 The Production Function
Module 3.2 Short-Run Production Costs
Module 3.3 Long-Run Production Costs
Module 3.4 Types of Profit
Module 3.5 Profit Maximization
Module 3.6 Firms’ Entry and Exit Decisions
Module 3.7 Perfect Competition
UNIT 4 Imperfect Competition
Module 4.1 Introduction to Imperfect
Competition
Module 4.2 Monopoly
Module 4.3 Price Discrimination
Module 4.4 Monopolistic Competition
Module 4.5 Oligopoly and Game Theory
UNIT 5 Factor Markets
Module 5.1 Introduction to Factor Markets
Module 5.2 Changes in Factor Demand
and Supply
Module 5.3 Profit Maximization in
Factor Markets
Module 5.4 Monopsony
UNIT 6 Market Failure and
the Role of Government
Module 6.1 Market Outcomes and
Social Efficiency
Module 6.2 Externalities
Module 6.3 Public Goods
Module 6.4 Government Policies
Module 6.5 Income and Wealth Inequality
AP® Microeconomics Exam: Practice Test
Micro Enrichment Modules
Module C Behavioral Economics
Module D The Economics of Information
Module E Indifference Curves and
Consumer Choice
AP® Economics Skills Appendix:
Graphs in Economics A-1
Financial Literacy Handbook FLH-1
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