01811nam a2200265Ia 450000500170000000800410001724500500005810000200010870000420012826000430017025000090021330000230022230000100024550000190025502000230027465000140029765000200031105000140033154600120034550510210035752001320137833600090151033700150151933800110153420260803094117.0251212s2008    xx            000 0 und d1 aEconomics of social issues /cAnsel M. Sharp.  aSharp, Ansel M.  aRegister, Charles A.; Grimes, Paul W.  aNew York :bMcGraw-Hill/ Irwin,c2008.  a18th  axvi, 491p.: bill.  a23cm.  aIncludes index  a978-0-007-340280-2  aEconomics  aSocial problems  a330 Sh23e  aEnglish  a1: Alleviating Human Misery: The Role of Economic Reasoning 2: Economic Systems, Resource Allocation, and Social Well-Being: Lessons from China`s Transition 3: Government Control of Prices in Mixed Systems: What Are the Actual Outcomes? 4: Pollution Problems: Must We Foul Our Own Nests? 5: Economics of Crime and Its Prevention: How Much is Too Much 6: The Economics of Education: Crisis and Reform 7: Poverty Problems and Discrimination: Why Are So Many Still Poor? 8: The Economics of Big Business: Who Does What to Whom? 9: The Economics of Professional Sports: What is the Real Score? 10: Competition in the Global Marketplace: Should We Protect Ourselves From International Trade? 11: Unemployment Issues: Why Do We Waste Our Labor Resources? 12: Inflation: How to Gain and Lose at the Same Time 13: Economic Growth: Are We Living in a "New Economy"? 14: Government Spending, Taxing, and the National Debt: Who Wins and Who Loses? 15: Social Security and Medicare: How Secure Is Our Safety Net for The Elderly?  aAn introduction to general economics, this book presents economic concepts as useful tools to analyse contemporary social uses.  aText  aUnmediated  aVolume