Special Features

Skills for Life

Step-by-step lessons to learn and practice important skills

• Interpreting Line Graphs 12
• Building Flowcharts 45
• Analyzing Primary Sources 61
• Analyzing Tables 84
• Environmental Policy 107
• Determining Cause and Effect 132
• Analyzing Political Cartoons 155
• Using the Internet for Research 194
• Analyzing Statistics 218
• Understanding Public Opinion Polls 249
• Predicting Consequences 284
• Cost-Benefit Analysis 309
• Analyzing Bar Graphs 337
• Evaluating Historical Debates 364
• Comparing Circle Graphs 394
• Recognizing Bias in Writing 419
• Creating a Multimedia Presentation 448
• Using the Writing Process 484

Real-life Case Study

Case Studies show how economic concepts apply to everyday life

• Safety at Any Cost? 19
• Russia in Crisis 39
• Government and the Interstate Highway System 71
• What Makes a Person an Entrepreneur? 97
• Are Baseball Players Paid Too Much? 121
• Government and the Market for Milk 145
• Regulating Cable Television 177
• Business and Ethics 205
• The Paterson Silk Strike of 1913 235
• Big Banks and Small 265
• The Fate of the Dot-Coms 293
• How Has Technology Affected Productivity? 325
• Unemployment in a Changing Economy 351
• The Bush Tax Cuts 381
• Will Social Security Survive? 409
• Banking, Monetary Policy, and the Great Depression 435
• NAFTA: Is Free Trade a Good Idea? 465
• The World Bank and Economic Assistance 495

Economic Profiles

Biographies of influential and successful economists and entrepreneurs

Economists

• Gary Becker 7
• Adam Smith 33
• Alice Rivlin 56
• Karl Marx 227
• Henry J. Aaron 370
• John Maynard Keynes 402
• Alan Greenspan 424
• Carla Anderson Hills 457
• W. Arthur Lewis 477

Entrepreneurs

• Christy Haubegger 89
• Robert L. Johnson 115
• Michael Dell 138
• Bill Gates 165
• Jerry Yang 189
• Amadeo P. Giannini 257
• Warren Buffett 276
• Andrew Carnegie 317
• Oprah Winfrey 344

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