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Mankiw, Principles of Economics, 5th Edition at About.com

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Below is an outline of the About.com categories and articles that relate to each of the chapters of the Mankiw textbook. Note that these categories will become more populated as new content is published.

Introduction
Chapter 1: Ten Principles of Economics
-- Article: What Is Economics?
-- Article: Economics as the "Dismal Science?" (technically not covered in Mankiw but interesting nonetheless)
Chapter 2: Thinking Like an Economist
-- Article: The Circular-Flow Model of the Economy
-- Category: The Production Possibilities Frontier
-- Article: Microeconomics Versus Macroeconomics
-- Article: Positive Versus Normative Analysis in Economics
Chapter 3: Interdependence and the Gains From Trade
-- Category: International Trade

How Markets Work
Chapter 4: The Market Forces of Supply and Demand
-- Category: Supply and Demand
Chapter 5: Elasticity and Its Application
-- Category: Supply and Demand
Chapter 6: Supply, Demand, and Government Policies
-- Category: Regulation

Markets and Welfare
Chapter 7: Consumers, Producers, and the Efficiency of Markets
-- Category: Measuring Economic Value
Chapter 8: Application: The Costs of Taxation
-- Category: Regulation
Chapter 9: Application: International Trade
-- Category: Regulation

The Economics of the Public Sector
Chapter 10: Externalities
-- Category: Externalities
Chapter 11: Public Goods and Common Resources
-- Category: Public Goods, Common Resources and Club Goods
Chapter 12: The Design of the Tax System
-- Category: Regulation

Firm Behavior and the Organization of Industry
Chapter 13: The Costs of Production
-- Category: Production
Chapter 14: Firms in Competitive Markets
-- Category: Perfect Competition
Chapter 15: Monopoly
-- Category: Monopoly Chapter 16: Monopolistic Competition
-- Category: Monopolistic Competition
Chapter 17: Oligopoly
-- Category: Oligopoly

The Economics of Labor Markets
Chapter 18: The Markets for the Factors of Production
-- Category: Supply and Demand
Chapter 19: Earnings and Discrimination
-- Category: Income Distribution
Chapter 20: Income Inequality and Poverty
-- Category: Income Distribution

Topics for Further Study
Chapter 21: The Theory of Consumer Choice
-- Consumer Choice and Utility Maximization
Chapter 22: Frontiers of Microeconomics
--
Category: Fields of Economics

The Data of Macroeconomics
Chapter 23: Measuring a Nation's Income
-- Category: Measuring Output, Income and Prices
Chapter 24: Measuring the Cost of Living
-- Category: Measuring Output, Income and Prices

The Real Economy in the Long Run
Chapter 25: Production and Growth
-- Category: Business Cycles and Economic Growth
Chapter 26: Saving, Investment, and the Financial System
-- Category: Business Cycles and Economic Growth
Chapter 27: The Basic Tools of Finance
-- Category: Business Cycles and Economic Growth
Chapter 28: Unemployment
-- Category: Income Distribution

Money and Prices in the Long Run
Chapter 29: The Monetary System
-- Category: Output, Income and Prices
Chapter 30: Money Growth and Inflation
-- Category: Output, Income and Prices

The Macroeconomics of Open Economies
Chapter 31: Open-Economy Macroeconomics: Basic Concepts
-- Category: International Trade
Chapter 32: A Macroeconomic Theory of the Open Economy
-- Category: International Trade

Short-Run Economic Fluctuations
Chapter 33: Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
-- Category: Supply and Demand
Chapter 34: The Influence of Monetary and Fiscal Policy on Aggregate Demand
-- Category: Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Chapter 35: The Short-Run Trade-off between Inflation and Unemployment -- Category: Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy

Final Thoughts
Chapter 36: Five Debates Over Macroeconomic Policy
-- Category: Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy

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