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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 330.9730931 EAN: 9780321416100 Edition: 15 ISBN: 0321416104 Label: Addison Wesley Manufacturer: Addison Wesley Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: July 20, 2007 Publisher: Addison Wesley Studio: Addison Wesley Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: The Economics of Public Issues is a collection of brief, relevant readings that spark independent thinking and classroom discussions in principles of economics, public policy, and social issues courses. The Foundations of Economic Analysis: Death by Bureaucrat; Ethanol Madness; Flying the Friendly Skies?; The Mystery of Wealth. Supply and Demand: Sex, Booze, and Drugs; Expanding Waistlines; Is Water Different?; Slave Redemption in Sudan; Smoking and Smuggling; Bankrupt Landlords, from Sea to Shining Sea. Labor Markets: (Why) Are Women Paid Less?; The Effects of the Minimum Wage; Immigration, Superstars, and Poverty; A Farewell to Jobs. Market Structures: Monopsony and Competition in Health Care; Big Oil, Big Oil Prices?; Contracts, Combinations, and Conspiracies; Coffee, Tea, or Tuition-Free?; College Costs (…and Costs and Costs); Keeping the Competition Out; Political Economy: Raising Less Corn and More Hell; Killer Cars and the Rise of the SUV; Crime and Punishment; The Graying of America; Heavenly Highway. Property Rights and the Environment: The Trashman Cometh; Bye-Bye, Bison; Smog Merchants; Greenhouse Economics. International Trade and Economic Prosperity: Free Trade, Less Trade, or No Trade?; The $750,000 Steelworker; The Lion, the Dragon, and the Future. For all readers interested in principles of economics, public policy, and social issues.. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Great for a textbookThis book is by far the best textbook that I have had to read. The material is presented in real case studies so it reads more like a story than its more cut-and-dry counterparts. Rating: - great guide bookBest to read this one after Intro to Microeconomics or in a class where the instructor can set aside a little time to explain concepts like elasticity, dead weight loss, supply/demand curves and externalities. Really great examples of economic concepts that are applicable today. This would be a great book for a 12th grade class or to compliment a microeconomics text in college. Rating: - Great service!I was pleased to receive the book in the great condition and in such a timely fashion. I would order from this person again! Rating:  - Economics for Graph-o-PhobicsI used this book with a class of gifted high school seniors. It's absolutely perfect when you want to THINK like an economist, but not graph like one or plug into equations like one. Chapters cover very current and intersting issues, guaranteed to appeal to high school and college students and to stimulate discussion. Highly recommended. Rating: - Ships well, decent bookShips well. For a college class assignment, it wasn't bad. It just gives examples of economic problems and has end of section questions that require thinking (more of an opinion answer really). I wouldn't just read it for pleasure, but it's not bad for an econ book. 
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