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Chapter 2
The
price mechanism and auctions
Determinants
of aggregate economic activity [water]
The 'free
market' and universities
Externalities
and the market system
The price
of air travel
A virtual
market
Economics and religion
The economics of charity
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Chapter 3
The
price mechanism and auctions
The
demand for tickets to attend football matches
Supply
and demand influences on prices and producer incomes
Analysing
a fall in demand
How
the actions of government can affect price
The
determination of the price of coal
The
power of a monopolist
The
price of air travel
Influences
on price
Taxation
policy and house prices
A
virtual market
The
determination of prices — and the aggregate effect
A
market in action
The
meaning and significance of price
The
market for sugar
The
price mechanism and the migration of people
The
exercise of votes in the market
Economics and religion
Minimum wages [price floors]
The economics of charity
Subsidies
Financial markets
The workings of a market
Manipulating prices
The price of oil
Easing of fare wars to clip wings of public
Families worse off after $17 pay hike
Iron ore price to soar
“Staggering” wage rises in rush to hire
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Chapter 4
Analysing
a fall in demand
The determination
of the price of coal
The power
of a monopolist
Costs, benefits,
the price mechanism, and road safety
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Chapter 5
The
demand for tickets to attend football matches
The
logic of supply and demand
Analysing
a fall in demand
Consumer
demand and product differentiation
Costs,
benefits, the price mechanism, and road safety
The
price mechanism and the migration of people
The price of oil
More caution in the corner office
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Chapter 6
The determination
of the price of coal
The determination
of prices — and the aggregate effect
Competition and consumers
The price of oil
More caution in the corner office
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Chapter 7
The
price mechanism and auctions
The
logic of supply and demand
Competition
in newspaper deliveries
Costs,
benefits, the price mechanism, and road safety
A
virtual market
The
price of petrol
The
determination of prices — and the aggregate effect
A
market in action
Markets,
the distribution of income, and welfare
The
establishment of price under oligopoly
The
exercise of votes in the market
Free
markets and free trade
The workings of a market
The price of oil
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Chapter 8
A proposed
merger: reasons and reactions
Economies
of scale: cost and production in the long run
Economies of
scale?
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Chapter 9
Supply
and demand influences on prices and producer incomes
Competition
in a growing industry
Competition
in newspaper deliveries
Economies
of scale: cost and production in the long run
Consumer
demand and the price mechanism
Case study of
the Australian wine industry
The rise
of an industry ... and where to from here?
The price
of petrol
The market
for sugar
The rise
and fall of an industry
The price of oil
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Chapter 10
Making
competition policy and regulation effective
Competition
in newspaper deliveries
Monopoly
The power
of a monopolist
The workings of a market
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Chapter 11
A
proposed merger: reasons and reactions
Making
competition policy and regulation effective
Product
differentiation and competition between firms
Consumer
demand and product differentiation
Competition
in newspaper deliveries
Case
study of the Australian wine industry
Competition
under monopolistic competition (or oligopoly?)
The
price of air travel
The
establishment of price under oligopoly
The nature of competition
Competition in oligopoly
Easing of fare wars to clip wings of public
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Chapter 12
A
proposed merger: reasons and reactions
Making
competition policy and regulation effective
Regulating
competition: the issue of misuse of economic power
Case
study of the Australian wine industry
Competition
policy and regulation: where economics meets law
The
'free market' and universities
Competition
policy
Economies
of scale?
Competition and consumers
Regulation of competition
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Chapter 13
The
productivity of labour
How
labour is rewarded
Influencing
wages
Minimum wages [price floors]
Labour markets
Families worse off after $17 pay hike
“Staggering” wage rises in rush to hire
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Chapter 14
Income
distribution
Consumer
demand and product differentiation
The
taxation system
Should
taxes be reduced?
Taxation
policy
Taxation
policy and house prices
The
budget surplus and tax cuts
Taxing
income
Markets,
the distribution of income, and welfare
Income
tax
A new deal for the poor
Broader and flatter: taxes should be lower everywhere, not just in the bush
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Chapter 15
Externalities,
public policy and the role of the economist
Global warming:
the basis of the analysis
Externalities
and the market system
The costs
and benefits of education
The exercise
of votes in the market
Pay rises reflect shortage of skills
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Chapter 16
The share
market
Financial markets
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Chapter 17
The
gains from international trade
Freeing
up international trade
International
free trade
International
trade in services
Free
trade — the pros and cons of a bilateral agreement
The
continuing pursuit of free international trade
The
meaning and significance of price
Free
markets and free trade
More caution in the corner office
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Chapter 18
Freeing
up international trade
International
free trade
International
trade in services
Free trade
— the pros and cons of a bilateral agreement
The continuing
pursuit of free international trade
Free markets
and free trade
Subsidies
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