Issues in Economics Today
ISBN: 9780073375939 | 0073375934
Edition: 5thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Pub. Date: 9/24/2009
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Issues in Economics Today is a modern issues book built to meet instructor and student needs simultaneously. This title was developed to allow instructors the maximum flexibility to teach this material in a manner that fits their personal style.This edition includes 8 intensive core theory chapters and 35 shorter issues chapters. The book is designed to allow faculty the flexibility in approach as well. Some instructors like to intertwine theory and issues while others like to lay the theoretical foundation first before heading into the issues.... MORE
| Economics: The Study of Opportunity Cost | |
| Graphing: Yes, You Can | |
| Supply and Demand | |
| The Concept of Elasticity and Consumer and Producer Surplus | |
| Firm Production, Cost, and Revenue | |
| Perfect Competition, Monopoly, and Economic versus Normal Profit | |
| Every Macroeconomic Word You Ever Heard: Gross Domestic Product, Inflation, Unemployment, Recession, and Depression | |
| Interest Rates and Present Value | |
| Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply | |
| Fiscal Policy | |
| Monetary Policy | |
| The Housing Crisis | |
| The Recession of 2008-2009 | |
| Federal Spending | |
| Federal Deficits, Surpluses, and the National Debt | |
| International Trade: Does it Jeopardize American Jobs? | |
| International Finance and Exhange Rates | |
| NAFTA, GATT, WTO: Are Trade Agreements Good for Us? | |
| Economic Growth and Development | |
| The International Monetary Fund: Doctor or Witch Doctor? | |
| The Line Between Legal and Illegal Goods | |
| The Environment | |
| Health Care | |
| Government Provided Health Insurance: Medicaid, Medicare, and the Child Health Insurance Program | |
| The Economics of Prescription Drugs | |
| Economics and the Law | |
| The Economics of Crime | |
| The Economics of Race and Sex Discrimination | |
| Farm Policy | |
| Minimum Wage | |
| Ticket Brokers and Ticket Scalping | |
| Why Did This Textbook Cost so Much? | |
| Education | |
| Poverty and Welfare | |
| Social Security | |
| Personal Income Taxes | |
| Energy Prices | |
| If We Build It, Will They Come? And Other Sports Questions | |
| The Stock Market and Crashes | |
| Unions | |
| The Cost of War and Occupation | |
| The Economics of Terrorism | |
| Wal-Mart: Always Low Prices (and Low Wages)-Always | |
| The Economic Impact of Casino Gambling | |
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