Economics of social issues
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Economics of social issues
Irwin/McGraw-Hill, c2000
14th ed
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Includes index
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Description
Designed for use in economic problems and policy courses, this volume provides tools useful in the analysis of social problems. It looks at deregulation, health economics, discrimination, poverty and unemployment.
Table of Contents
- Human misery - the most important issues of them all
- economic systems, resource allocation and social well-being - sons from the fall of the Soviet Union
- economics of higher education - who benefits and who pays the bills?
- economics of crime and its prevention - how much is too much?
- pollution problems - must we foul our own nests?
- health issues - is it worth what it costs?
- poverty problems - is poverty necessary?
- discrimination - the high costs of prejudice
- the economics of big business - who does what to whom?
- the economics of professional sports - what is the real score?
- protectionism versus free trade - can WE restrict ourselves into prosperity?
- unemployment issues - why do we waste our labour resources?
- inflation - how to gain and lose at the same time
- government expenditure and tax issues - who wins and who loses?
- the big national debt - is it bad?
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