International Economics -- Introduction -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: The Science of Economics -- The Meaning of Economics -- The Commerce of Nations -- The Dawn of the Economist -- Influential International Economists -- Chapter 2: Economic Systems -- Feudalism -- European -- Asian -- Arabic -- Mercantilism -- Capitalism -- Socialism -- Marxism -- Monetarism -- Communism -- Fascism -- Socialist-Market Economics -- The Primacy of Mixed Economies -- Chapter 3: Basic Principles: Microeconomics -- Microeconomics -- Pricing -- Supply and Demand -- Market Shifts -- Elasticity of Demand -- Utility Theory -- Product Substitution -- Profit Maximization -- Pricing Schemes -- Competitive Pricing -- Efficiency and Competition -- Monopolies, Oligopolies, Monopsonies and Competition -- General Equilibrium -- Self-Interest and Global Equilibrium -- Chapter 4: Basic Principles: Macroeconomics -- Macroeconomics -- Macro Theory -- Business Cycles -- Inflation -- Investment -- Savings -- Recession -- Unemployment -- Macro- and Micro-Concerns -- Chapter 5: Governments -- Domestic Taxes, Global Ramifications -- Bonds -- National Debt & Interest Payment -- Military Expenditures -- Black Markets, Black Economies and Organized Crime -- Nationalization, Expropriation, Domestication and Freezing -- Foreign Investment -- Central Banks and Currency Control -- Money Talks -- Global Exchange Rates -- Foreign Reservations and Debt Doubt -- Purchasing Power Parity -- Subsidies -- Import Tariffs -- GATT & the WTO -- Export Tariffs & Voluntary Restraints -- Wages, Prices & Inflation -- Anti-Monopoly Laws -- War -- Chapter 6: Private Enterprise -- Change of Command -- Private Supply & Global Demand -- Privatization of Industry -- Privatization of Social Systems -- National Subsidies Go Global -- Tax Evasion or Invasion -- Mobility of Capital -- Investment Tides.

Investment, Not Investors -- Venture Capital: Influence and Confluence -- Trimming the Hedge Funds -- Absolute and Comparative Advantage -- Global Productivity and Local Business -- Chapter 7: Labor -- Technology & Mobility -- Education & Training -- The Rise of Trade Unions -- Economies and Labor -- Minimum Wage, Minimum Effect -- Chapter 8: International Trade -- Trading with the Enemy -- The Japanese-American Trade Conflict -- Imports = Exports -- Import / Export Failures -- Emerging Importers -- Import and Export Policies -- Exporting Your Imports: The Grey Market -- Exporting and Importing Crime: The Black Market -- Crime Controls -- Politics as Unusual -- Doing the Global Laundry -- Chapter 9: International Trade Issues -- Intellectual Property -- Patents, Trademarks & Copyrights -- Mergers & Acquisitions -- Foreign Direct Investment -- Exchange Rates -- Tourism -- Infrastructure -- Education -- Credit & Capital Access -- Environment -- Strategic Trade Policy -- Chapter 10: Growth and Development -- The West and the Rest -- North versus South / Hot & Cold -- Heat and Servitude -- Racial & Cultural Factors -- Religion and the Growth of Capitalism -- Measurements of Wealth -- Other Relative Forms of Wealth -- The Effect of Privatization on National Wealth -- Chapter 11: Global Investors -- International Exchanges -- Freedom from Arbitrage -- International Bond Rates -- Emerging Market Xenophobia -- Government Subservience to Capital Markets -- Reining in a Herd -- How Much Control and When? -- Role of International Aid -- Thirsty Economies and Tax Oases -- Transfer Payments -- Payroll Taxes -- Tax Havens -- Tax Evader Invaders -- Chapter 12: Global Projections -- Two Sides, One Outcome -- Projection One: Emerging Markets Pay the Piper -- Projection Two: The Dawn of Global Labor Flexibility.

Projection Three: Services Eclipse Manufacturing and Agriculture -- Projection Four: Human Longevity Demands Economic Restructuring -- Projection Five: Academia Takes Control of the Workforce -- Projection Six: Micro-Lending Becomes a Major Financial System -- Projection Seven: Governments Battle Over Internet Taxation and Costs -- Projection Eight: Economies Say "No" to the Globalization of Culture -- Chapter 13: Glossary -- Chapter 14: Resources -- Author Bio.