pt. 1. Consumers' sovereignty -- pt. 2. Markets and consumer interaction -- pt. 3. Producers' rules -- pt. 4. Competitive forces -- pt. 5. Monopoly power -- pt. 6. Strategic agent interaction -- pt. 7. Input markets -- pt. 8. Risky world and intertemporal choices -- pt. 9. Missing markets.

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