Issues in economics today / Robert C. Guell.

By:

Guell, Robert C [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: The McGraw-Hill series economics | McGraw-Hill series in economicsPublisher: Dubuque : McGraw-Hill, 2012Edition: 6th edtionDescription: xxvii, 466 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780073523231 (alk. pbk.)

Subject(s):

Economics

DDC classification:

330 23 G.R.I

LOC classification:

HB87 .G83 2012

Contents:

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.

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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.

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