Explorations in Economics

Knowing that general/introductory economics is often the only economics course many students will ever take, this esteemed author team endeavors to connect students to economics through the world around them. Explorations in Economics introduces high school students to the here-and-now of economic ideas and applications, involving the students in the active exploration of the economic principles that will drive their decision-making as consumers, workers, and citizens.  
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List of contents

PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS

CHAPTER 1 EXPLORING ECONOMICS
MODULE 1 What Is Economics?
MODULE 2 Production Possibilities for a Nation
MODULE 3 The World of Economics

CHAPTER 2 COMPARING ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
MODULE 4 Using Resources to Achieve Economic Goals
MODULE 5 Types of Economic Systems
MODULE 6 The Modern Market Economy

CHAPTER 3 MAKING ECONOMIC DECISIONS
MODULE 7 Understanding Costs and Benefits
MODULE 8 Rational Decision Making
MODULE 9 Behavioral Economics: Decision Making in Practice

PART 2 SUPPLY AND DEMAND: FUNDAMENTAL FORCES IN MARKETS

CHAPTER 4 THE DEMAND FOR GOODS AND SERVICES
MODULE 10 Determining Demand
MODULE 11 Shifts of the Demand Curve
MODULE 12 Elasticity of Demand

CHAPTER 5 THE SUPPLY OF GOODS AND SERVICES
MODULE 13 Understanding Supply
MODULE 14 Shifts of the Supply Curve
MODULE 15 Production, Cost, and the Profit-Maximizing Output Level

CHAPTER 6 PRICES AND QUANTITIES: PUTTING SUPPLY AND DEMAND TOGETHER
MODULE 16 Supply and Demand
MODULE 17 Changes in Supply and Demand
MODULE 18 Shortages, Surpluses, and the Role of Prices

PART 3 MARKET EFFICIENCY AND WELFARE

CHAPTER 7 BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
MODULE 19 Businesses and the Economy
MODULE 20 Types of Businesses
MODULE 21 How Businesses Grow
MODULE 22 Business Ethics

CHAPTER 8 MARKET STRUCTURE
MODULE 23 Monopoly
MODULE 24 Oligopoly and Monopolistic Competition
MODULE 25 Regulating Market Power

CHAPTER 9 MARKET FAILURE AND GOVERNMENT FAILURE
MODULE 26 When the Invisible Hand Is All Thumbs: Market Failure
MODULE 27 The Heavy Hand of Government: Government Failure

PART 4 APPLICATIONS OF MICROECONOMICS

CHAPTER 10 TAXES: THE PRICE OF A FUNCTIONING GOVERNMENT
MODULE 28 Why and How Are We Taxed?
MODULE 29 Responding to Taxes
MODULE 30 Evaluating Taxes

CHAPTER 11 LABOR MARKETS
MODULE 31 Labor Demand
MODULE 32 Labor Supply and Labor Market Equilibrium
MODULE 33 The Skills of Workers and the Quality of Jobs

CHAPTER 12 PERSONAL FINANCE: MANAGING YOUR MONEY
MODULE 34 Finding a Job
MODULE 35 Creating a Budget
MODULE 36 Essential Elements of Personal Finance
MODULE 37 Investing and Personal Financial Planning

PART 5 MACROECONOMICS

CHAPTER 13 MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
MODULE 38 Measuring National Output and Income
MODULE 39 Economic Growth
MODULE 40 Business Cycles

CHAPTER 14 UNEMPLOYMENT AND INFLATION
MODULE 41 Unemployment
MODULE 42 Inflation
MODULE 43 Unemployment, Inflation, and the Business Cycle

CHAPTER 15 FISCAL POLICY
MODULE 44 Government Revenue and Spending
MODULE 45 Deficits and the National Debt
MODULE 46 Managing the Business Cycle

CHAPTER 16 MONEY, BANKING, AND FINANCIAL MARKETS
MODULE 47 What Is Money?
MODULE 48 The Banking System
MODULE 49 The Role of Financial Markets in the Real Economy

CHAPTER 17 THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM AND MONETARY POLICY
MODULE 50 The Federal Reserve System
MODULE 51 The Federal Reserve and Traditional Monetary Policy
MODULE 52 Extraordinary Times, Extraordinary Tools

PART 6 INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT

CHAPTER 18 TRADE AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
MODULE 53 The Benefits of International Trade
MODULE 54 Barriers to Trade
MODULE 55 Foreign Exchange and the Balance of Trade

CHAPTER 19 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBAL CHALLENGES
MODULE 56 Measuring Economic Development
MODULE 57 Economic Issues in Developing Countries
MODULE 58 Globalization and Its Challenges

PERSONAL FINANCE HANDBOOK
SECTION 1: Take It to the Bank
SECTION 2: Get Interested in Money Math
SECTION 3: Learn to Earn
SECTION 4: Save and Invest Money
SECTION 5: Give Yourself Some Credit
SECTION 6: Borrow without Sorrow
SECTION 7: Manage Your Money
SECTION 8: Protect Yourself from Risk

SKILLS HANDBOOK
SECTION 1: Critical Thinking Skills
SECTION 2: Data Bank
SECTION 3: Atlas
SECTION 4: Reading Graphs and Other Visual
SECTION 5: Test- Taking Skills

GLOSSARY/GLOSARIO
REVIEWERS
INDEX

About the author

Alan Krueger; David Anderson

Product details

• Authors: David Anderson, Anderson David A., Alan Krueger
• Publisher: Macmillan International Higher Education
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2013
• EAN: 9780716701071
• ISBN: 978-0-7167-0107-1
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 220 mm x 283 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General