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The American Consumer
In the United States, spending and debt are on the rise while savings dwindle.
Table of Contents
Economics: Principles in Action
Unit 1 Introduction to Economics
Chapter 1 What Is Economics?
Chapter 2 Economic Systems
Chapter 3 American Free Enterprise
Unit 2 How Markets Work
- Section 1 Benefits of Free Enterprise
- Section 2 Promoting Growth and Stability
- Section 3 Providing Public Goods
- Section 4 Providing a Safety Net
- Real-life Case Study: Government and the Interstate Highway System
- Chapter 3 Assessment
- The Wall Street Journal. Classroom Edition Debating Current Issues: Health-Care Costs
Chapter 4 Demand
Chapter 5 Supply
Chapter 6 Prices
Chapter 7 Market Structures
Unit 3 Business and Labor
Unit 4 Money, Banking, and Finance
Unit 5 Measuring Economic Performance
Unit 6 Government and the Economy
- Section 1 Perfect Competition
- Section 2 Monopoly
- Section 3 Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly
- Section 4 Regulation and Deregulation
- Real-life Case Study: Regulating Cable Television
- Chapter 7 Assessment
- The Wall Street Journal. Classroom Edition Debating Current Issues: Oil and Energy Dependence
Chapter 14 Taxes and Government Spending
Chapter 15 Fiscal Policy
Chapter 16 The Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy
Unit 7 The Global Economy
Chapter 17 International Trade
Chapter 18 Economic Development and Transition
Reference Section
- Section 1 Levels of Development
- Section 2 Issues in Development
- Section 3 Financing Development
- Section 4 Transitions to Free Enterprise
- Real-life Case Study: The World Bank and Economic Assistance
- Chapter 18 Assessment
- The Wall Street Journal. Classroom Edition Debating Current Issues: Tariffs and Trade