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6 videodiscs (approximately 1080 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 198 pages ; 19 cm.)
We are all economists--when we work, buy, save, invest, pay taxes, and vote. It repays us many times over to be good economists. Economic issues are active in our lives every day. However, when the subject of economics comes up in conversation or on the news, we can find ourselves longing for a more sophisticated understanding of the fundamentals of economics. This lecture series will help you think about and discuss these and other economic issues that affect you and the nation every day--interest rates, unemployment, personal investing, budget deficits, globalization, and many more--with a greater level of knowledge and sophistication.
Disc 1. Part 1: Lecture 1 How economists think ; Lecture 2 Division of labor ; Lecture 3 Supply and demand ; Lecture 4 Price floors and ceilings ; Lecture 5 Elasticity ; Lecture 6 The labor market and wages -- Disc 2. Lecture 7 Financial markets and rates of return ; Lecture 8 Personal investing ; Lecture 9 From perfect competition to monopoly ; Lecture 10 Antitrust and competition policy ; Lecture 11 Regulation and deregulation ; Lecture 12 Negative externalities and the environment.
Disc 3. Part 2: Lecture 13 Positive externalities and technology ; Lecture 14 Public goods ; Lecture 15 Poverty and welfare programs ; Lecture 16 Inequality ; Lecture 17 Imperfect information and insurance ; Lecture 18 Corporate and political governance -- Disc 4. Lecture 19 Macroeconomics and GDP ; Lecture 20 Economic growth ; Lecture 21 Unemployment ; Lecture 22 Inflation ; Lecture 23 The balance of trade ; Lecture 24 Aggregate supply and aggregate demand.
Disc 5. Part 3: Lecture 25 The unemployment-inflation tradeoff ; Lecture 26 Fiscal policy and budget deficits ; Lecture 27 Countercyclical fiscal policy ; Lecture 28 Budget deficits and national saving ; Lecture 29 Money and banking ; Lecture 30 The Federal Reserve and its powers -- Disc 6. Lecture 31 The conduct of monetary policy ; Lecture 32 The gains of international trade ; Lecture 33 The debates over protectionism ; Lecture 34 Exchange rates ; Lecture 35 International financial crashes ; Lecture 36 A global economic perspective.
Course guidebook includes professor biography, statement of course scope, lecture outlines with diagrams and notes, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography.
Thirty-six lectures of thirty minutes each by Timothy Taylor, Professor of Economics, Macalester College, managing editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives, a quarterly journal published by the American Economic Association.
Producer, Tamara Stonebarger ; academic content supervisors, Ann Waigand, Maggie Lyons, Jay Tate ; director, Jon Leven ; camera, Jim Allen, Alexis Doty, Jared Bourgeois.