Economics Today and Tomorrow
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Glencoe
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Columbus, OH
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780078799969
Table of contents: title: Scavenger hunt; title: The big ideas in economics; title: Voluntary national content standards in economics; title: Unit 1. An introduction to economics; title: What is economics?; title: Economic systems and the American economy; title: Unit 2. Practical economics :how theory works for you; title: Your role as a consumer; title: Going into debt; title: Buying the necessities; title: Saving and investing; title: Unit 3. Microeconomics: markets, prices, and business competition; title: Demand and supply; title: Business organizations; title: Competition and monopolies; title: Unit 4. Microeconomics: American business in action; title: Financing and producing goods; title: Marketing and distribution; title: The American labor force; title: Unit 5. Macroeconomics: the nation's economy; title: Measuring the economy's performance; title: Money and banking; title: The Federal Reserve System and monetary policy; title: Government spends, collects, and owes; title: Stabilizing the national economy; title: Unit 6. The international scene; title: Trading with other nations; title: Economic growth in developing nations; title: The global economy; title: Reference section.; title: Personal finance handbook; title: Skills handbook; title: Standard & Poor's databank; title: Careers handbook; title: Reference atlas; title: English/Spanish glossary