Collection
Publication
W. W. Norton & Company (2010), Edition: Fully Revised and Updated, 384 pages
Description
Wheelan cuts a large swath though contemporary microeconomic and macroeconomic issues, controversies, and fallacies. Topics include environmental problems, health care and insurance, risk and safety, education and productivity, the Federal Reserve System and monetary policy, financial markets and capital, inflation and unemployment, international trade and globalization, income and wealth inequalities, and economic development. Using anecdotes and applications galore, Wheelan treats both the power of markets and the role of government in a market economy.
Subjects
Awards
ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound (Social Sciences — 2009)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2002
Physical description
384 p.; 5.5 inches
ISBN
0393337642 / 9780393337648