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PARTI: INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS1. The Principles and Practice of Economics2. Economic Science: Using Data and Models to Understand the World3. Optimization: Trying to Do the Best You Can4. Demand, Supply, and EquilibriumPARTII: FOUNDATIONS OF MICROECONOMICS5. Consumers and Incentives6. Sellers and Incentives7. Perfect Competition and the Invisible Hand8. Trade9. Externalities and Public Goods10. The Government in the Economy: Taxation and Regulation11. Markets for Factors of ProductionPARTIII: MARKET STRUCTURE12. Monopoly13. Game Theory and Strategic Play14. Oligopoly and Monopolistic CompetitionPARTIV: EXTENDING THE MICROECONOMIC TOOLBOX15. Trade-offs Involving Time and Risk16. The Economics of Information17. Auctions and Bargaining18. Social Economics