Issues in economics today /
Guell, Robert C.
Issues in economics today / Robert C. Guell. - 6th edtion - xxvii, 466 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm - The McGraw-Hill series economics. . - McGraw-Hill series in economics. .
Economics: the study of opportunity cost --
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 --
Federal spending --
Federal deficits, surpluses, and the national debt --
The housing bubble --
The recession of 2007-2009: causes and policy responses --
Japan's lost decade: could it happen in the United States? --
Is the (fiscal) sky falling? An explanation of unfunded Social Security, Medicare, and state and local pension liabilities --
International trade: does it jeopardize American jobs? --
International finance and exchange rates --
NAFTA, CAFTA, GATT, WTO: Are trade agreements good for us? --
Economic growth and development --
The line between legal and illegal goods --
Natural resources, the environment, and climate change --
Health care --
Government-provided health insurance: Medicaid, Medicare, and the Child Health Insurance Program --
The economics of prescription drugs --
Health care reform: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act --
So you want to be a lawyer: 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 college textbooks 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 --
Walmart: always low prices (and low wages) always --
The economic impact of casino gambling --
The International Monetary Fund: doctor or witch doctor? --
The cost of war --
The economics of terrorism --
Rent control --
Antitrust --
Head start.
9780073523231 (alk. pbk.)
2011018760
Economics.
HB87 / .G83 2012
330 / G.R.I
Issues in economics today / Robert C. Guell. - 6th edtion - xxvii, 466 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm - The McGraw-Hill series economics. . - McGraw-Hill series in economics. .
Economics: the study of opportunity cost --
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 --
Federal spending --
Federal deficits, surpluses, and the national debt --
The housing bubble --
The recession of 2007-2009: causes and policy responses --
Japan's lost decade: could it happen in the United States? --
Is the (fiscal) sky falling? An explanation of unfunded Social Security, Medicare, and state and local pension liabilities --
International trade: does it jeopardize American jobs? --
International finance and exchange rates --
NAFTA, CAFTA, GATT, WTO: Are trade agreements good for us? --
Economic growth and development --
The line between legal and illegal goods --
Natural resources, the environment, and climate change --
Health care --
Government-provided health insurance: Medicaid, Medicare, and the Child Health Insurance Program --
The economics of prescription drugs --
Health care reform: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act --
So you want to be a lawyer: 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 college textbooks 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 --
Walmart: always low prices (and low wages) always --
The economic impact of casino gambling --
The International Monetary Fund: doctor or witch doctor? --
The cost of war --
The economics of terrorism --
Rent control --
Antitrust --
Head start.
9780073523231 (alk. pbk.)
2011018760
Economics.
HB87 / .G83 2012
330 / G.R.I