Issues in Economics Today is a modern issues book that presents the latest and most interesting topics. Most importantly, this title was developed to allow instructors the maximum flexibility to teach this material in a manner that fits their personal style.
Some professors like to intertwine theory and issues while others like to lay the theoretical foundation first before heading into the issues. Some faculty will choose to set a theme for their course and pick issues consistent with that theme while others will let their students decide what issues interest them. Beginning with eight intensive core theory chapters and followed by 33 shorter issues chapters, there is no right way to use the book.
The 33 issues chapters are divided into the following categories: Macroeconomic Issues, International Issues, Externalities and Market Failure, Health Issues, Government Solutions to Societal Problems, Discrimination Issues, Price Control Issues, and Miscellaneous Markets. These groupings help instructors navigate through the Table of Contents when looking for a particular topic.
This book also has the benefit of having timely web-available chapters that allow students to study issues as they happen. Between the time the first edition went to press and this edition became available, the accounting scandals of 2002 occurred. During the book’s first year the U.S. went to war in Iraq. Before this edition hit college bookstores, the Housing Bubble was of significant concern. Chapters discussing the economic impact of these events were available within a month of these events on the web.
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Chapter 1 Economics: The Study of Opportunity Cost
Appendix 1A Graphing: Yes, You Can.
Chapter 2 Supply and Demand
Chapter 3 The Concept of Elasticity and Consumer and Producer Surplus
Chapter 4 Firm Production, Cost, and Revenue
Chapter 5 Perfect Competition, Monopoly, and Economic versus Normal Profit
Chapter 6 Every Macroeconomic Word You Ever Heard: Gross Domestic Product, Inflation, Unemployment, Recession, and Depression
Chapter 7 Interest Rates and Present Value
Chapter 8 Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
Chapter 9 Federal Spending
Chapter 10 Federal Deficits, Surpluses, and the National Debt
Chapter 11 Fiscal Policy
Chapter 12 Monetary Policy
Chapter 13 International Trade: Does it Jeopardize American Jobs?
Chapter 14 The International Monetary Fund: Doctor or Witch Doctor?
Chapter 15 NAFTA, CAFTA, GATT, WTO: Are Trade Agreements Good for Us?
Chapter 16 Tobacco, Alcohol, Drugs, and Prostitution
Chapter 17 The Environment
Chapter 18 Health Care
Chapter 19 Government Provided Health Insurance: Medicaid, Medicare, and the Child Health Insurance Program
Chapter 20 The Economics of Prescription Drugs
Chapter 21 The Economics of Crime
Chapter 22 Education
Chapter 23 Poverty and Welfare
Chapter 24 Social Security
Chapter 25 Head Start
Chapter 26 The Economics of Race and Sex Discrimination
Chapter 27 Farm Policy
Chapter 28 Minimum Wage
Chapter 29 Rent Control
Chapter 30 Ticket Brokers and Ticket Scalping
Chapter 31 Personal Income Taxes
Chapter 32 Antitrust
Chapter 33 Energy Prices
Chapter 34 If We Build It, Will They Come? And Other Sports Questions
Chapter 35 The Stock Market and Crashes
Chapter 36 Unions
Chapter 37 The Cost of War
Chapter 38 The Economics of Terrorism
Chapter 39 Wal-Mart: Always Low Prices (And Low Wages) – Always
Chapter 40 The Economic Impact of Casino Gambling
Chapter 41 Why College Textbooks Cost So Much
Glossary
Index
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