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Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Series Foreword by Wesley B. Truitt -- Preface -- Chronology of American Economic History -- 1. The Market Economy of the United States -- 2. Measuring the Performance of the American Economy -- 3. Economic Growth -- 4. Business Cycles -- 5. Business and the National Economy -- 6. Households and the National Economy -- 7. Government and the National Economy -- 8. The International Sector and the National Economy -- Sources of Current Economic Information -- Glossary -- References -- Index -- TABLE 1.1 The Money Supply (M1), March 2005 (billion ) -- TABLE 2.1 Nominal U.S. GDP and Its Components, 2003 (billion ) -- TABLE 2.2 Nominal National Income and Its Components, 2003 (billion ) -- TABLE 2.3 Reconciling Nominal GDP and Nominal National Income in 2003 (billion ) -- TABLE 2.4 CPI and Components, 1993-2004 -- TABLE 2.5 GNP Comparisons Using Actual Exchange Rates and PPP Exchange Rates, 1994 -- TABLE 3.1 GNP and Life Expectancy, 1999 -- TABLE 3.2 Percentage of Growth in Output -- TABLE 3.3 Time and Expense of Doing Business -- TABLE 5.1 Number of Businesses and Sales, 2001 -- TABLE 6.1 Education, Experience, and Average Earnings, 2001 -- TABLE 6.2 Income, Poverty, and Education by Race, 2001 -- TABLE 7.1 Tax Schedule for a Single Filer, 2005 -- TABLE 7.2 Government Employment, 1980-2000 -- TABLE 8.1 The Benefits of Trade -- TABLE 8.2 Cost of Saving Jobs -- TABLE 8.3 Foreign Direct Investment Position, 2003 -- TABLE 8.4 America's Top Trading Partners -- FIGURE 1.1 Demand Shifts -- FIGURE 1.2 Supply Shifts -- FIGURE 1.3 Supply and Demand -- FIGURE 1.4 The Circular Flow of a Market Economy -- FIGURE 2.1 Real Per Capita GDP in (chained) 1996 dollars, 1929-2002 -- FIGURE 2.2 Labor Force and Unemployment -- FIGURE 3.1 Air Pollution Emissions in 1,000s of Tons, 1940-2000.

Logistics has always been a central and essential feature of all economic activity and yet paradoxically it is only in recent years that it has come to receive serious attention from either the business or academic world. One very obvious reason for this neglect is that, whilst the functions that comprise the logistics task are individually recognised, the concept of logistics as an integrative activity in business has only really developed within the last 20 years.

Peter Leslie's interpretive essay provides a context in which to view the political and economic forces that make up the delicate balance between regional needs and federal priorities. He discusses the nature of Canada's federal system and its relevance to policy, especially in the economic sphere