文档介绍：Chapter1:Preliminaries1PARTIINTRODUCTION:MARKETSANDPRICESCHAPTER1PRELIMINARIESTEACHINGNOTESThefirsttwochaptersreacquaintstudentswiththemicroeconomicsthattheylearnedintheirintroductorycourse:Chapter1focusesonthegeneralsubjectofeconomics,(),introductionofanewautomobile(),designofautomobileemissionstandards(),theminimumwage(),themarketforsweeteners(),andrealandnominalpricesofeggsandeducation().Discussingsomeofthese,oranother,onceptssuchasscarcity,makingtradeoffs,buildingeconomicmodelstoexplainhowconsumersandfirmsmakedecisions,,marketpowerisdiscussedinPartIII,(2),Pope,Whiting,andWimmer,“AConfusionofEconomists,”AmericanEconomicReview(May1979).,studentsshouldunderstandthatweareconcernedwithpricesrelativetoastandard,,data-