The introductory chapters of both books introduce the Ten Principles of
Economics, representing a consideration of issues relevant to Topic 1: The
Nature of Economic Activity, in a readable way without reference to the
capital stock which remains in the background. The relationship between the
various types of capital and income is discussed later in Chapter 7 of the
Principles of Macroeconomics which covers the material in
Topic 3: Consumption, Capital Accumulation and Growth. The material in
Topic 2: Output, Income and Depreciation is covered in Chapter 6 of
Principles of Macroeconomics, pages 121 through 128, as is the
material in Topic 6: Real and Nominal Magnitudes and Topic 7:
Inflation. Some background relevant to Topic 4: Efficiency of Resource
Use is covered in the first two pages of Chapter 10 of Principles of
Microeconomics. Finally, the material in Topic 5: The Nature and
Function of Money is discussed in Chapter 10 of Principles of
Macroeconomics, pages 217-224. It is reasonable to expect that much the
same arguments will appear in earlier editions of both books as well as in the
corresponding U.S. editions.
Useful reading material for the topics covered in this lesson is available
in Gregory Mankiw's Principles of Economics books. The references
below are for the Principles of Microeconomics, Fourth Canadian
Edition, and Principles of Macroeconomics, Fourth Canadian Edition,
whose authors include Ronald D. Kneebone, Kenneth J. McKenzie and Nicholas Rowe
as well as N. Gregory Mankiw. Both are published by Nelson, a division of
Thompson Canada Limited. A loose check on the Web suggests that the material of
interest here is also present in roughly the same places in the U.S. Editions
which are published by Cengage Learning.