Issues in economics today - Guell, Robert C. (Boston McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2010)
Table of Contents: Preface. -- Issues for Different Course Themes -- Required Theory Table -- 1. Economics: The Study of Opportunity Cost -- 2. Supply and Demand -- 3. The Concept of Elasticity and Consumer and Product 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. The Housing Bubble -- 12. The Recession of 2007-2009: Causes and Policy Responses -- 13. Federal Spending -- 14. Federal Deficits, Surpluses, and the National Debt -- 15. International Trade: Does It Jeopardize American Jobs? -- 16. International Finance and Exchange Rates -- 17. NAFTA, CAFTA, GATT, WTO: Are Trade Agreements Good for Us? 18. Economic Growth and Development -- 19. The International Monetary Fund: Doctor or Witch Doctor? 20. The Line Between Legal and Illegal Goods -- 21. The Environment -- 22. Health Care -- 23. Government-Provided Health Insurance: Medicaid, Medicare, and the Child Health Insurance Program -- 24. The Economics of Prescription Drugs -- 25. So You Want to Be a Lawyer: Economics and the Law -- 26. The Economics of Crime -- 27. The Economics of Race and Sex Discrimination -- 28. Farm Policy -- 29. Minimum Wage -- 30. Ticket Brokers and Ticket Scalping -- 31. Why College Textbooks Cost So Much -- 32. Education -- 33. Poverty and Welfare -- 34. Social Security -- 35. Personal Income Taxes -- 36. Energy Prices -- 37. If We Build It, Will They Come? And Other Sports Questions -- 38. The Stock Market and Crashes -- 39. Unions -- 40. The Cost of War -- 41. The Economics of Terrorism -- 42. Wal-Mart: Always Low Prices (and Low Wages) - Always -- 43. The Economic Impact of Casino Gambling. -- Glossary. Index.
Includes index.
Keywords: Economics