Università Roma Tre

Introduction to Economics: Graphs in Economics; trade-offs and exchanges.
Demand and Supply: The demand curve; the supply curve; market equilibrium; consumer surplus and producer surplus; price and quantity controls; elasticity and taxation.
Decision-making processes of individuals: Factors behind the demand curve, preferences, prices, and income; factors behind the supply curve, inputs, and production costs.
Market structures: Perfect competition; monopoly; oligopoly; monopolistic competition.
Other market failures: Externalities and public goods.
Introduction to Macroeconomics: National accounting; unemployment; inflation.
Economic growth: The Solow model.
Aggregate demand and supply: The AD-AS model.
Fiscal policy.
Monetary policy.
International Economics (only for students in the "CdL Magistrale in Giurisprudenza" program): Comparative advantage; international trade; trade policies.

Krugman, Paul R., and Robin Wells, The Essentials of Economics, Bologna, Zanichelli editore, 2018, 3rd Ed.
References in the textbook: Chapters 1-20, excluding Chapter 11 (print edition), with the addition of the Appendix "Consumer Theory" (ebook edition).