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Political bias, 9-4, 12-7<br />

Political patronage, 15-8<br />

Politics of trade restrictions, 16-6<br />

Polls, 28-3<br />

Pollution, 5-3, 14-5, 14-9, 27-7<br />

Pollution control, 27-6-8<br />

“Population Bomb, The”, 14-9<br />

Population density, 15-5, 19-10<br />

Population growth rates, 14-9-10, 15-4-6<br />

Pork barrel legislation, 28-5<br />

Positive rate of time preference, 26-1<br />

Positive statements, 1-6<br />

Potential deposit multiplier, 10-6<br />

Poverty, 14-2, 31-8-9<br />

Poverty line, 31-9<br />

Poverty rate, Intro-3, 31-9<br />

“Power of Productivity, The”, 15-9-12, 19-10<br />

Pre-existing conditions, 30-11-12<br />

Preferences, 3-3<br />

Prescription medicines, 13-11<br />

Present value, 26-4-5<br />

Present value table, 26-9<br />

President, 11-1, 11-10<br />

Presley, Elvis, 22-2, 28-7<br />

Price, 3-1-14, 5-1, 6-5, 7-3, 8-1, 10-3, 10-9-10,<br />

16-5, 17-1-11, 18-1-4, 21-1-9, 22-3-8, 23-3-8<br />

Price ceiling, 3-9-10, 15-7<br />

Price controls, 2-7, 3-6, 3-9-11, 10-12, 14-5,<br />

15-7, 25-10<br />

Price discrimination, 22-8<br />

Price elasticity of demand, 13-2, 13-7, 17-1-5,<br />

17-8-12, 25-2, 30-2<br />

Price elasticity of supply, 13-7, 17-7-8<br />

Price-fixing agreement, 29-7<br />

Price floor, 3-9-11, 12-9, 30-3<br />

Price index, 4-2-4<br />

Price level, 4-1-4, 5-5-6, 6-1, 6-6-11, 7-6-9,<br />

8-1, 10-10, 11-4-6, 12-1-8<br />

Price level stability, 4-1, 4-9, 10-10, 11-4, 14-5<br />

Price Loss Coverage program, 30-5<br />

Price supports, 30-3<br />

Price taker, 21-2<br />

Prime lending rate, 12-9<br />

Principal, 11-6, 19-3<br />

Principal-agent problem, 19-3, 19-7, 28-7<br />

Prisoners’ dilemma, 23-7-9, 27-9<br />

Private market equilibrium, 13-5, 17-11, 27-2<br />

Private markets, 27-1, 28-1, 29-1<br />

Private nonprofit firms, 19-8<br />

Private property, 2-5-6<br />

Private property rights, 14-4-6, 15-5-6,<br />

27-5<br />

Private sector, 9-5, 11-9, 13-1, 13-4, 13-9,<br />

14-5, 25-1<br />

Producer interests, 15-9, 15-12<br />

Producer’s surplus, 2-1, 3-7, 3-11, 13-4,<br />

16-3-5, 17-10-13<br />

Product differentiation, 23-1-2, 23-4<br />

Product markets, 3-1, 5-9<br />

Production, 10-1, 13-5, 14-4, 18-6, 19-1, 19-8,<br />

20-1-6, 21-3, 22-2<br />

Production possibilities frontier, 2-2-5, 14-2<br />

Production techniques, 14-3<br />

Productive capacity, 9-5, 14-2<br />

Productivity, 1-2, 6-5, 13-2, 13-5, 14-3-4,<br />

15-9-12, 16-1, 16-8, 19-2, 26-2, 26-7, 31-7<br />

Profit as a signal, 26-7<br />

Profit-maximization, 1-5, 2-6, 3-4, 19-3-4,<br />

19-7, 20-2, 21-3, 21-7-8, 22-5-7, 23-2, 23-6<br />

Profit-maximization for a monopsony, 25-7<br />

Profit-maximization rule, 21-3-4, 21-8, 22-4,<br />

23-2, 24-2, 29-1<br />

Profit-maximization rule for employing factors,<br />

24-2<br />

Profits, 5-10, 6-2-3, 21-5<br />

“Progress Paradox, The”, Intro-3-4<br />

Progressive taxes, 13-1-2, 13-7, 31-9<br />

Property rights, 2-9, 12-10<br />

Property taxes, 13-2<br />

Proportional taxes, 13-1<br />

Proprietorship, 19-4-5<br />

Protectionist tariff, 12-8<br />

“Proven reserve” of petroleum, Intro-3<br />

Prozac, 22-1<br />

Public choice theory, 28-1<br />

Public choice theory of regulation, 29-4<br />

Public education, 31-9<br />

Public employee union, 25-1<br />

Public franchise, 22-1-2, 22-10<br />

Public goods, 14-5, 27-8<br />

Public interest theory of regulation, 29-4<br />

Public nonprofit firms, 19-8<br />

Public policy, 22-7<br />

Public sector, 13-1, 13-4, 13-9, 14-5, 25-1,<br />

28-1<br />

Public services, 15-7<br />

Purchasing power, 13-4<br />

Quantitative easing 11-3, 11-10-12<br />

Quantity, 17-5, 21-3-6, 22-3-5, 23-6<br />

Quantity demanded, 3-1-5, 3-8-14, 17-1-9,<br />

21-2-4<br />

Quantity of output, 21-6<br />

Quantity supplied, 3-5-14, 17-9, 21-6<br />

Quota(s), 14-5, 15-7, 16-3-5, 22-2<br />

Rabushka, Alvin, 15-6<br />

Radford, R.A., 10-10-11<br />

Ragan, James F. Jr., 25-8<br />

Railroad Mileage in the U.S., 1-3<br />

Rate of return, 6-2-3, 8-1, 8-12, 26-2, 31-13<br />

Rational ignorance, 28-2, 28-4<br />

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Index - 11

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