• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0134531981
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0134531984
• Author: Roger LeRoy Miller

Brief, relevant readings that spark independent thinking and classroom discussions

The Economics of Public Issues is a collection of brief, relevant readings that spark independent thinking and discussion in principles of economics and social issues. The 20th Edition encourages readers to apply theoretical discussions to today’s important issues to gain a deeper understanding of current microeconomic policy concerns.

Table of contents:

Part One The Foundations of Economic Analysis

Chapter 1: Killer Airbags

Chapter 2: Terrible Trade-off

Chapter 3: Flying the Friendly Skies?

Chapter 4: The Mystery of Wealth

Part Two Supply and Demand

Chapter 5: Sex, Booze, and Drugs

Chapter 6: Expanding Waistlines

Chapter 7: Is Water Different?

Chapter 8: Slave Redemption in Sudan

Chapter 9: Choice and Life

Chapter 10: Smoking and Smuggling

Part Three Alternative Rationing Systems

Chapter 11: Bankrupt Landlords, from Sea to Shining Sea

Chapter 12: Rationing Health Care

Chapter 13: The Effects of the Minimum Wage

Chapter 14: Heavenly Highway

Part Four Market Structures

Chapter 15: Give me MP3 or Give Me Death

Chapter 16: Contracts, Combinations, and Conspiracies

Chapter 17: Coffee, Tea, or Tuition-Free?

Chapter 18: Keeping the Competition Out

Chapter 19: The Perils of Product Differentiation

Part Five Political Economy

Chapter 20: Raising Less Corn and More Hell

Chapter 21: Killer Cars and the Rise of the SUV

Chapter 22: Crime and Punishment

Chapter 23: The Graying of America

Part Six Property Rights and the Environment

Chapter 24: Frankenfoods

Chapter 25: The Trashman Cometh

Chapter 26: Bye, Bye, Bison

Chapter 27: Smog Merchants

Chapter 28: Greenhouse Economics

Part Seven International Rights and the Environment

Chapter 29: Free Trade, less Trade, or No Trade?

Chapter 30: The $750,000 Steelworker

Chapter 31: A Farewell to Jobs

Chapter 32: The Rise of the Dragon Glossary Selected References Indexes

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