Economics or Focus on Personal Finance

Economics

Author: Roger A Arnold

This engaging text continues to set the standard for clear, balanced, and thorough coverage of the principles of economics. Packed with intriguing pop culture examples, it bolsters student interest by illustrating the unexpected places economics occurs, and how economic forces link events to our lives. With new content reflecting a changing economy and new resources addressing the needs of a changing classroom, ECONOMICS, 9e is an ideal solution for Principles courses.

Library Journal

Why are there no taxes in Kathmandu? Why is rent in Manhattan so high? And who really pays taxes? These and many other questions about economics of interest to a lay audience form the basis of this excellent set, which is tailor-made for public and high school libraries. The staff editors do not provide an academic treatise on the complex, technical details of economic theory or principles. Instead, they focus on translating economics into an easily understood language, making this work highly useful for students--especially at the high school level. The six volumes cover money, banking, and finance; the citizen and the economy; business operations; the U.S. economy and the world; economic theory; and economic history. With the exception of Volume 5 (on economic theory), the volumes contain numerous well-organized chapters that adequately cover the topic. Volume 5 is arranged as an A-Z encyclopedia of shorter articles about fundamental concepts in economics and can be used as both a reference to the other volumes and a stand-alone reference. Numerous charts, diagrams, figures, and glossy photos are used to clarify concepts, and the set's glossary, reading list, and index are re-produced in each of the six volumes, making for easier cross-referencing. With the ever-changing nature of finance law and regulations, this well-prepared reference set will need regular updates, but it remains the resource of choice on economics for its targeted audience.--Dale Farris, Groves, TX Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.\

Table of Contents:

AN INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS. PART ONE: ECONOMICS: THE SCIENCE OF SCARCITY. 1. What Economics is About. Appendix A: Working with Diagrams. 2. Trade, Tradeoffs, and Economics Systems. 3. Supply, Demand, and Price: The Theory. 4. Applications of Supply and Demand: Explaining and Predicting Market and Nonmarket Behavior. MACROECONOMICS. PART TWO: MACROECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS. 5. Macroeconomic Measurements, Part 1: Prices and Unemployment. 6. Macroeconomic Measurements, Part 2: GDP and Real GDP. PART THREE: MACROECONOMIC STABILITY, INSTABILITY, AND FISCAL POLICY. 7. Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply. 8. The Self-Regulating Economy. 9. Economic Instabilty: A Critique of the Self-Regulating Economy. 10. Fiscal Policy. 11. Taxes, Deficits, Surpluses, and the Public Debt. PART FOUR: MONEY, THE ECONOMY, AND MONETARY POLICY. 12. Money and Banking. 13. The Federal Reserve System. 14. Money and the Economy. 15. M onetary Policy. PART FIVE: EXPECTATIONS AND GROWTH. 16. Expectations Theory and the Economy. 17. Economic Growth: Resources, Technology, and Ideas. MICROECONOMICS. PART SIX: MICROECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS. 18. Elasticity. 19. The Logic of Consumer Choice. Appendix B: Budget Constraint and Indifference Curve Analysis. 20. The Firm. 21. Production and Costs. PART SEVEN: PRODUCT MARKETS AND POLICIES. 22. Perfect Competition. 23. Monopoly. 24. Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly. 25. Government and Product Markets: Antitrust and Regulation. 26. Agriculture: Farmers' Problems, Government Policies, and Unintended Effects. PART EIGHT: FACTOR MARKETS AND RELATED ISSUES. 27. Factor Markets: With Emphasis on the Labor Market.28. Wages, Unions, and Labor. 29. The Distribution of Income and Poverty. 30. Interest, Rent, and Profit. PART NINE: MARKET FAILURE AND PUBLIC CHOICE. 31. Market Failure: Externalities, Public Goods, and Asymmetric Infor mation. 32. Public Choice: Economic Theory Applied to Politics. THE WORLD ECONOMY. PART TEN: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS: THEORY AND POLICY. 33. International Trade. 34. International Finance. 35. International Economic Development.

Interesting book: Active Listening or Fundamentals of Information Systems 4th Edition

Focus on Personal Finance: An Active Approach to Help You Develop Successful Financial Skills

Author: Jack R Kapoor

Focus on Personal Finance is a brief, 14-chapter book, covering the critical topics in Personal Finance courses. This 4-color, paperback text is designed and written to appeal to a range of ages, life situations, and levels of financial literacy.

A unique aspect of this text is its active approach. This text will not only get your students thinking about their current situation and financial goals, but also to put these in writing to use as a guide and revise over the course of their lives. The more a student involves themselves in the assessments, exercises and worksheets provided, the more they will discover about their current habits and how to improve them for greater financial freedom.

Students have many different financial goals, but none are more important than having a basic understanding of financial issues and peace of mind with regard to their decisions. The ultimate goal of Focus on Personal Finance is to get students to this point as a first s tep to achieving the many financial goals they have set for themselves.

Table of Contents:

1 Personal Financial Planning in Action
2
Money Management Skills
3
Taxes in Your Financial Plan
4
Savings and Payment Services
5
Consumer Credit: Advantages, Disadvantages, Sources, and Costs
6
Consumer Purchasing Strategies and Wise Buying of Motor Vehicles and Other Purchases
7
Selecting and Financing Housing
8
Home and Automobile Insurance
9
Purchasing Health and Disability Insurance
10 Financial Planning With Life Insurance
11 Investing Fundamentals and Bonds
12 Investing in Stocks
13 Investing in Mutual Funds
14 Retirement and Estate Planning
Appendix
A. Developing a Career Search Strategy
B. Consumer Agencies and Organizations
C. Daily Spending Dairy
Index