Economic Issues of the Day
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The objective is to make this list and find resources on the web that illustrate on a very basic level the economic standpoint on the issues or otherwise provide the answers. For a simple introduction to the graphical tools of economics see thinkEconomics, for a broader view Ted Black's Economics-Net Textbook and for an advanced look see Sten Nyberg's Microeconomics. Please feel free to edit and add links to these headings.
[edit] Global Issue hit list
- Pollution—Tax or Trade?[[1]][[2]]
- Free international trade
- Global Climate Change—Costs and Benefits
- Supply, Demand, and the Future of Oil
- Taxes and the Income Tax Code and Budget Deficits, Social security, and financing World Class Health Care
- Economy Up or Down? Business Cycle theory
- Economists' Views of the Future, Productivity and Productivity Growth
- Inflation—Why the Measure Matters, Unemployment—How the U.S. Differs from Europe, Economic Inequality
- Trade Imbalances, Savings, and Trade Barriers
- Mitigating the Economic Concerns of an Aging Population
- Minimum Wages and Poverty Rate[[3]], Pay Gaps by Sex and Race, Economic Impact of Immigration, Labor Unions—Contemporary Role in the U.S. Economy
- Productivity Trends in Schools
- Higher Education: Supply and Demand
- Corporate Governance in a Successful Economy
- Zero-Sum Game of Conspicuous Consumption
- Standard Market Practices—Can They Be Applied Everywhere?
- Helping Poor Countries
- Examining Economic Response to Terrorism
- Economic Upsides and Downsides of Urban Sprawl
- Economists’ View of Overeating
- American Economy in the 21st Century
- Anticorruption
[edit] More resources
http://www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/teaching/text/intermediatemicroeconomics.htm
