Title:
Economics [videorecording] / Timothy Taylor.
Author:
Taylor, Timothy, 1960-
Teaching Company.
Publication Information:
Chantilly, Vt. : Teaching Co., [2003]
Call Number:
HB171 .E256 2003 PT.1 1-2
Abstract:
Provides basic understanding of economic matters that will help explain both the U.S. and global economies on the microeconomics and macroeconomics levels. Defines basics terms used in economics to help non-specialists develop and understanding of how market forces relate to one another and affect fiscal health.
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ISBN:
9781565855809
Series:
The Great courses
Great courses (DVD)
Physical Description:
6 videodiscs (ca. 900 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 3 course guidebooks.
General Note:
In 3 cases (25 x 17 cm.).
Contents:
part 1. disc 1. How economists think ; the fundamentals of supply and demand ; reconciling policy with supply and demand ; the labor market and wages ; disc 2. Interest rates and the demand side of the capital market ; financial investment from the supply side ; the environment and negative externalities ; technology, positive externalities, and public goods -- Course guidebook, part 1 -- part 2. disc 3. Poverty and inequality ; regulation to ensure free markets ; the macroeconomics perspective on long-term growth -- disc 4. Fighting unemployment ; why low inflation matters ; a sustainable trade balance ; course guidebook part 2 -- part 3. disc 5. The Federal budget and fincal policy ; the Federal Reserve and monetary policy ; the unemployment-inflation tradeoff -- disc 6. Trade policy ; exchange rate policy ; a global economic perspective.
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