Part 1: introduction – 1. Thinking like an economist – 2. Supply and demand – 3. Game theory -- Part 2: The theory of consumer behaviour – 4. Rational consumer choice – 5. Individual and market demand – 6. Applications of rational choice and demand theories – 7. Choice under uncertainty and the economics of information – 8. Explaining tastes: the importance of altruism and other non-egoistic behaviour – 9. Cognitive limitations and consumer behaviour -- Part 3 : the theory of the firm and market structure – 10. Production – 11. Costs – 12. Perfect competition – 13. Monopoly – 14. Imperfect competition -- Part 4: factor markets – 15. Labour – 16. Capital -- Part 5: externalities, public goods and welfare – 17. General equilibrium and market efficiency – 18. Externalities, property rights and the coase theorem – 19. Government.