TY  - BOOK
AU  - Guell,Robert C.
TI  - Issues in economics today
T2  - Issues in economics today
SN  - 0078021812
AV  - HB87 .G83 2014
U1  - 330 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - New York
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
KW  - Economics
N1  - 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
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