Issues in economics today / Robert C. Guell, Indiana State University.

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 you ever heard: gross domestic product, inflation, unemployment, recession, and depression -- 7. Interest rates and present value -- 8. Aggregate demand and aggregate supply -- 9. Fiscal policy -- 10. Monetary policy -- 11. Federal spending -- 12. Federal deficits, surpluses, and the national debt -- 13. The housing bubble -- 14. The recession of 2007/2009 : causes and policy responses -- 15. Japan's lost decade : could it happen in the united states? -- 16. Is the (fiscal) sky falling? : an examination of unfunded social security, medicare, and state and local pension liabilities -- 17. International trade: does it jeopardize american jobs? -- 18. International finance and exchange rates -- 19. European debt crisis -- 20. Economic growth and development -- 21. The line between legal and illegal goods -- 22. Natural resources, the environment, and climate change -- 23. Health care -- 24. Government-provided health insurance : medicaid, medicare, and the child health insurance program -- 25. The economics of prescription drugs -- 26. So you want to be a lawyer : economics and the law -- 27. The economics of crime -- 28. The economics of race and sex discrimination -- 29. Income and wealth inequality : what's fair? -- 30. Farm policy -- 31. Minimum wage -- 32. Ticket brokers and ticket scalping -- 33. The economics of k/12 education -- 34. College and university education : why is it so expensive? -- 35. Poverty and welfare -- 36. Social security -- 37. Personal income taxes -- 38. Energy prices -- 39. If we build it, will they come? and other sports questions -- 40. The stock market and crashes -- 41. Unions -- 42. Walmart : always low prices (and low wages); always -- 43. The economic impact of casino gambling.