For those who have not had economics before, the chapters in the Eggert book are a good introduction to the subject -- As a review and introduction we will discuss some of the more important concepts appearing in the following chapters.

Microeconomics

• Eggert Chapter 1 What is Economics -- Good discussion of the production possibility curve

• Eggert Chapter 11 Demand -- particularly the indifference curves and budget constraint.

• Eggert Chapter 12 Supply costs of production.

• Eggert Chapter 13 Short run supply curve.

• Eggert Chapter 16 Monopoly.

• Eggert Chapter 17 Oligopoly.

Macroeconomics

• Eggert Chapter 7 Gross National Product.

• Eggert Chapter 8 Unemployment-Inflation.

• Eggert Chapter 9 Money.
  Peter McCleland, A Layman's Guide to the Keynesian/Monetarist Debate--very good -- easy introduction and overview of macroeconomics
  <!-- - <li>Investment and the Real Rate of Interest (Fischer) -- very important -- shows the role of the interest rate in allocating time and effort

• Rodney Ramcharan, Regressions: Why are Economists Obsessed With Them? Finance & Development, March 2006

• Tim Cullen, What is Gross Domestic Product, Finance and Development, December 2008
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