economics

Sugar Turner, a Midwestern African-American woman, and Tracy Bachrach Ehlers, a white cultural anthropologist, tell Sugar's story, describing her abusive childhood and her move from crack addiction, prostitution, and welfare to a new kind of life.

A portrait of the Intel corporation and its chairman Andrew Grove, examining the company's business practices, its efforts to dominate the market through innovation, the early history of the company, and how Grove has influenced the semiconductor industry.

Uses the metaphor of a disease to explore how society has been affected by Americans' obsessive quest for material gain.

Contains definitions of about 1,000 terms from economics, marketing, econometrics and statistics with descriptions of 14 federal and international economics organizations.

Describes the history and process of U.S. census taking up to the year 2000.