Buch, Englisch, 496 Seiten, Format (B × H): 203 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 848 g
Buch, Englisch, 496 Seiten, Format (B × H): 203 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 848 g
ISBN: 978-0-07-352323-1
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
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, whether they prefer weave together theory and issues or lay a foundation of theory first before heading into the issues. With flexibility in mind, instructors can set a theme for their course and pick issues consistent with that theme or their students decide what issues interest them.
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Chapter 1Economics: The Study of Opportunity CostAppendix 1A Graphing: Yes, You CanChapter 2Supply and DemandChapter 3The Concept of Elasticity and Consumer and Producer SurplusChapter 4Firm Production, Cost, and RevenueChapter 5Perfect Competition, Monopoly, and Economic versus Normal ProfitChapter 6Every Macroeconomic Word You Ever Heard: Gross Domestic Product, Inflation, Unemployment, Recession, and DepressionChapter 7Interest Rates and Present ValueChapter 8Aggregate Demand and Aggregate SupplyChapter 9Fiscal PolicyChapter 10Monetary PolicyChapter 11Federal Spending Chapter 12Federal Deficits, Surpluses, and the National Debt Chapter 13The Housing Bubble Chapter 14The Recession of 2007-2009: Causes and Policy Responses Chapter 15Japan’s Lost Decade: Could it Happen to the United States? Chapter 16Is the (Fiscal) Sky Falling: An Examination of Unfunded Social Security, Medicare, and State and Local Pension Liabilities Chapter 17International Trade: Does It Jeopardize American Jobs? Chapter 18International Finance and Exchange RatesChapter 19NAFTA, CAFTA, GATT, WTO: Are Trade Agreements Good for Us? Chapter 20Economic Growth and Development Chapter 21The Line Between Legal and Illegal Goods Chapter 22Natural Resources, the Environment, and Climate ChangeChapter 23Health CareChapter 24Government-Provided Health Insurance: Medicaid, Medicare, and the Child Health Insurance ProgramChapter 25The Economics of Prescription DrugsChapter 26Health Care Reform: Was It the Right Reform?Chapter 27So You Want to Be a Lawyer: Economics and the LawChapter 28The Economics of CrimeChapter 29The Economics of Race and Sex DiscriminationChapter 30Farm PolicyChapter 31Minimum WageChapter 32Ticket Brokers and Ticket ScalpingChapter 33Why College Textbooks Cost So MuchChapter 34EducationChapter 35Poverty and WelfareChapter 36Social SecurityChapter 37Personal Income TaxesChapter 38Energy PricesChapter 39If We Build It, Will They Come? And Other Sports QuestionsChapter 40The Stock Market CrashesChapter 41UnionsChapter 42Wal-Mart: Always Low Prices (and Low Wages)- Always Chapter 43The Economic Impact of Casino GamblingWeb ChaptersThe International Monetary Fund: Doctor or Witch Doctor?The Cost of War and OccupationThe Economics of Terrorism Rent ControlAntitrustHead Start
