Prescribed at UNISA (University of South Africa) for :Economics (ECS1028) by lecturer Willem Jacobus Le Roux; Economics (ECS1016) by lecturer Theodor Christiaan Van Der Vyver; Economics (CIOB04M) by lecturer Erika Botha; Economics (DCIB01U) by lecturer Ntombomzi Sheila Mahlangu; Economics (PEPF014) by lecturer Andre Kruger; Economics (PEPF025) by lecturer Willem Jacobus Le Roux; Economics (PRIM059) by lecturer Erika Botha
- Introduction
- What economics is all about
- a closer look at the economic problem
- the interdependence between the major sectors, markets and flows in the mixed economy
- measuring the performance of the economy
- the South African economy
- the economist’s analytical toolkit
- Microeconomics
- Demand and supply prices
- demand and supply in action
- elasticity
- background to demand – the theory of consumer choice
- background to supply – the theory of production and cost
- perfect competition
- monopoly and imperfect competition
- the labour market
- From microeconomics to macro
- economics – three important sectors in the economy
- The monetary sector
- the public sector
- the foreign sector
- Macroeconomics
- Income determination in a simple Keynesian macroeconomic model
- Keynesian models including the government and the foreign sector
- more on macroeconomic theory and policy
- inflation
- unemployment and the Phillips curve
- economic growth and development
- Index