دانلود کتاب Economic Issues and Policy (with InfoApps 2-Semester Printed Access Card)

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Brief Contents......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
About the Book......Page 19
Changes in the Fifth Edition......Page 20
My Requests of You......Page 21
Ancillaries......Page 22
Preface to the Student: Please read this!......Page 23
Acknowledgments......Page 25
About the Author......Page 26
Pt 1: Introduction to Economics, Scarcity, Public Goods, and Spillovers......Page 28
Economics and Scarcity......Page 30
Economics and Distribution......Page 35
A Glimpse of the Future......Page 47
You, the Student......Page 50
ViewPoint: The Economic Left and the Economic Right......Page 51
Discussion and Action Questions......Page 52
Note......Page 53
Appendix 1: Increasing Opportunity Costs......Page 54
Ch 2: Crime and Drugs......Page 56
Crime Prevention......Page 58
Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Death Penalty......Page 62
Should Drugs Be Legalized?......Page 63
The Economics of Prohibition or Legalization......Page 69
The Legalization of Other Victimless Crimes......Page 72
Diversity and Crime......Page 73
Other Global Dimensions of Crime......Page 75
Summary......Page 76
Notes......Page 77
Appendix 2: Elasticity......Page 78
The Problem of Pollution......Page 82
Environmental Legislation......Page 87
Methods of Regulation......Page 89
Climate Change......Page 92
World Energy and Petroleum......Page 95
Other International Environmental Problems......Page 98
Evaluation of Environmental Policies......Page 99
Conservation and Recycling......Page 100
International Aspects of Pollution Control......Page 105
ViewPoint: Conservative versus Liberal......Page 106
Discussion and Action Questions......Page 107
Notes......Page 108
Education’s Spillover Benefits......Page 110
Global Comparisons of Educational Spending and Literacy Rates......Page 112
Kindergarten Through Grade 12 (K–12) Education......Page 114
Higher Education......Page 124
Summary......Page 134
Discussion and Action Questions......Page 135
Notes......Page 136
Pt 2: The Economics of Social Issues......Page 138
Ch 5: Discrimination......Page 140
The Diversity of the U.S. Population......Page 141
What Is a Minority?......Page 142
Earnings and Income......Page 143
Some Explanations of Discrimination......Page 147
Effects of Labor Market Discrimination......Page 149
Problems in Measuring Labor Market Discrimination......Page 150
Policies to Eliminate Labor Market Discrimination......Page 151
Other Forms of Discrimination......Page 154
Affirmative Action in Education......Page 155
ViewPoint: Conservative versus Liberal......Page 156
Discussion and Action Questions......Page 157
Notes......Page 158
Ch 6: U.S. Poverty......Page 160
Relative Poverty......Page 161
Absolute Poverty......Page 162
Causes of Poverty......Page 167
Solutions to Poverty......Page 170
Welfare Reform......Page 174
The Role of Economic Growth Versus Government Programs......Page 177
ViewPoint: Conservative versus Liberal......Page 178
Discussion and Action Questions......Page 179
Notes......Page 180
Appendix 6: Graphing the Data on Income Distribution......Page 181
Home Ownership: The American Dream......Page 186
Rental Housing for Low-Income Families......Page 195
Homelessness in the United States......Page 199
Housing and Segregation......Page 201
Summary......Page 203
Notes......Page 204
Appendix 7: Price Ceilings......Page 205
Ch 8: Health Care......Page 210
U.S. Health Care Expenditures and Outcomes......Page 211
U.S. Health Care Problems......Page 214
The Rationing of Health Care......Page 221
Alternatives for Health Care in the United States......Page 222
ViewPoint: Conservative versus Liberal......Page 228
Discussion and Action Questions......Page 229
Notes......Page 230
Ch 9: Social Security......Page 232
Social Security: A Social Insurance Program......Page 233
Social Security Taxes and Benefits......Page 235
The Problem and the Response......Page 236
Other Issues and Problems......Page 239
What Does the Future Hold for the Social Security System?......Page 243
ViewPoint: Conservative versus Liberal......Page 246
Notes......Page 247
Pt 3: Global Poverty, Agriculture, and Trade......Page 248
GNI per Capita......Page 250
Economic Growth......Page 252
Problems in Measuring Well-Being......Page 254
Economic Development and Standards of Living......Page 256
Issues in Economic Development......Page 258
A Final Note......Page 267
Discussion and Action Questions......Page 269
Notes......Page 270
United States Agriculture......Page 272
Characteristics of Agriculture......Page 273
Government Policy Toward Agriculture......Page 277
An Evaluation of U.S. Farm Policy......Page 282
Global Agriculture and Developing Countries......Page 286
The New Farm Bill and the Politics of U.S. Agricultural Policy......Page 288
A Final Note......Page 289
ViewPoint: Conservative versus Liberal......Page 290
Discussion and Action Questions......Page 291
Notes......Page 292
Appendix 1: 11: Inelastic Demand......Page 293
Appendix 2: 11: Target Prices with Deficiency Payments......Page 295
Ch 12: International Trade......Page 298
The Importance of Trade......Page 299
The Distribution of Benefits......Page 305
Restrictions to Free Trade......Page 307
The Rest of the Controversy......Page 308
A Final Note......Page 315
Summary......Page 316
Discussion and Action Questions......Page 317
Notes......Page 318
Appendix 12: International Finance......Page 319
Pt 4: Efficiency and Stability Issues......Page 324
Ch 13: Market Power......Page 326
Competition......Page 327
Monopoly and Oligopoly......Page 329
Measuring Concentration......Page 330
Barriers to Entry......Page 332
Implications of Market Power......Page 335
Forces That Decrease Market Power......Page 338
Local Aspects of Market Power......Page 342
International Aspects of Market Power......Page 343
A Final Note......Page 345
ViewPoint: Conservative versus Liberal......Page 346
Discussion and Action Questions......Page 347
Notes......Page 348
Appendix 13: Market Power and Elasticity......Page 349
Ch 14: Unemployment and Inflation......Page 352
Unemployment......Page 353
Inflation......Page 366
A Final Note......Page 371
Summary......Page 372
Notes......Page 373
Appendix 14: Construction of the Consumer Price Index......Page 374
Graphing the Macroeconomy......Page 376
Gross Domestic Product......Page 378
Aggregate Demand and Supply......Page 382
Inflation Revisited......Page 385
Government Macro Policy......Page 387
ViewPoint: Conservative versus Liberal......Page 396
Discussion and Action Questions......Page 397
Notes......Page 398
Appendix 15: The Slope of the Aggregate Demand Curve......Page 399
Government Taxes......Page 404
Government Borrowing......Page 415
The National Debt......Page 420
Proposals to Require a Balanced Budget......Page 423
ViewPoint: Conservative versus Liberal......Page 424
Discussion and Action Questions......Page 425
Notes......Page 426
Appendix 16: The Impact of Excise Taxes with Perfectly Inelastic Demand and Supply......Page 427
Pt 5: You and the World Around You......Page 430
Markets......Page 432
The Western Industrialized World: Economic Growth......Page 434
The Eastern Industrialized World: Economic Transition......Page 441
The Developing World: Economic Reform......Page 445
ViewPoint: Conservative versus Liberal......Page 449
Discussion and Action Questions......Page 450
Notes......Page 451
Epilogue: You and the World Around You......Page 452
Note......Page 454
Glossary......Page 455
Index......Page 464