Economics with emphasis on the free enterprise system
By: Irvin B. Tucker, Joan S. Ryan
Contributors: Ryan, Joan S., author
Edition: Texas edition.
Publisher: South-Western, Cengage Learning
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Mason, OH
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781111580209; 9781111988104
Subjects: Economics; Personal Finance
Description: Hands-on, contextual learning of personal finance while learning economics! South-Western's Economics with emphasis on the free enterprise system covers both economics and personal finance all in one semester! Students are introduced to basic economic theories and practical applications that reinforce critical personal finance concepts. Students apply economics and personal finance knowledge using 21st-century skills in real-world simulated experiences by completing activities throughout the chapters to finish the unit project. - Back cover.
Notes: Includes index.

Grades 9-12.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to free enterprise. The free enterprise system; title: Understand decision making; title: Free markets in action. Market demand; title: Market supply and price determination; title: Market structures; title: Business in action. Business organizations; title: Business ownership; title: Money and banking. Money and the banking system; title: Financial institutions and markets; title: Consumer credit and debt; title: Measure economic performance. Gross Domestic Product and economic growth; title: Challenges to free enterprise; title: Government in the macro economy. Government spending and taxing; title: Federal reserve and monetary policy; title: Global trade and investing. International trade; title: Build assets and wealth; title: Invest for the future.