Issues in economics today /
Robert C. Guell.
- 5 ed.
- Boston : McGraw Hill/Irwin, 2010.
- xxiv, 524 p. : il., grafs., etc.
- The McGraw Hill Series Economics .
Includes index, glossary, etc.
Cap. 1. Economics: the study of opportunity cost -- 2. Supply and demand -- 3. The concept of elasticity and consumer and producer surplus -- 4. Firm production, cost, and revenue -- 5. Perfect competition, monopoly, and economic versus normal profit -- 6. Every macroeconomic word tou ever heard: gross domestic product, inflation, unemployment, reccession, and depression -- 7. Interest rates and present value -- 8. Aggregate demand and aggregate supply -- 9. Fiscal policy -- 10. Monetary polyce -- 11. The housing bubble -- 12. The recession of 2007-2009: causes ans polyce responses -- 13. Federal spensing -- 14. federal deficits, surpluses, and the national debt -- 15. International trade: does it Jeopardize american jobs ? -- 16. International finance and exchange rates -- 17. NAFTA, CAFTA, GATT, WTO: are trade agreements good for us ? -- 18. Economic growth and development -- 19. The international monetary fund: doctor or witch doctor ? -- 20. The line between legal and illegal goods -- 21. The environment -- 22. Health care -- 23. Government-provided health insurance: medicaid, medicare, and the child health insurance program -- 24. The economics of prescription drugs -- 25. So you want to be a lawyer: economics and the law -- 26. The economics of crime -- 27. The economics of race and sex discrimination -- 28. Farm policy -- 29. Minimum wage -- 30. Ticket brokers and ticket scalping -- 31. Why college textbooks cost so much -- 32. Education -- 33. Poverty and welfare -- 34. Social security -- 35. Personal income -- 36. Energy prices -- 37. If we build it, will they come? and other sports questions -- 38. The stock market and crashes -- 39. Union -- 40. The cost of war -- 41. The economics of terrorism -- 42. Wal-mart: always low prices(and low wages)-always -- 43. The economic impact of casino gambling.
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