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Go Beyond the "What" to Explore the "Why" of Today's Most Important Economic Issues Carefully balancing the statistical data—the "what" of each trend or issue—with insightful explorations of how those trends or issues took their present shape—the "why"—Professor Whaples repeatedly takes the numbers that have long been the bane of those intimidated by economics courses and explores their implications in very human terms.
Course Lecture Titles 01. The Economic Approach to Public Policy 02. Assessing the American Economy 03. Economists' Views of the Future 04. Productivity and Productivity Growth 05. Inflation 06. Unemployment 07. Economic Inequality 08. International Trade and Outsourcing 09. Trade Imbalances and Saving 10. Government Budget Deficits 11. Taxes and the Income Tax Code 12. Social Security 13. An Aging Population and the Birth Dearth 14. Health Care 15. Energy 16. Pollution 17. Global Climate Change 18. Low Wages and the Minimum Wage 19. Poverty and Families 20. Pay Gaps by Sex and Race 21. Immigration 22. Labor Unions 23. Underperforming Schools 24. The High Cost of Higher Education 25. Wal-Mart 26. Corporate "Greed," Fraud, and Mismanagement 27. Conspicuous Consumption 28. Mail Delivery 29. Organ Shortages 30. Baseball 31. Terrorism 32. Helping Poor Countries 33. Urban Sprawl 34. Gambling 35. Overeating 36. Concluding Thoughts
