TY - BOOK AU - Whaples,Robert M. ED - Teaching Company TI - Modern economic issues / T2 - The great courses SN - 1598033816 AV - LB 14.6 W552m 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Chantilly, Va. PB - Teaching Co. KW - Education. KW - Teaching KW - Educación KW - Enseñanza KW - Historia económica KW - Estados Unidos KW - Condiciones económicas N1 - Course no. 5610; "Lecture transcript and course guidebook"--Cover; v. 1. The economic approach to public policy -- Assessing the American economy -- Economists' views of the future -- Productivity and productivity growth -- Inflation -- Unemployment -- Economic inequality -- International trade and outsourcing -- Trade imbalances and saving -- Government budget deficits -- Taxes and the Income Tax Code -- Social Security -- v. 2. An aging population and the birth dearth -- Health care -- Energy -- Pollution -- Global climate change -- Low wages and the minimum wage -- Poverty and families -- Pay gaps by sex and race -- Immigration -- Labor unions -- Underperforming schools -- The high cost of higher education -- v. 3. Wal-Mart -- Corporate "greed," fraud, and mismanagement -- Conspicuous consumption -- Mail delivery -- Organ shortages -- Baseball -- Terrorism -- Helping poor countries -- Urban sprawl -- Gambling -- Overeating -- Concluding thoughts ER -