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

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