21st-century economics

Through this book, students will learn about stocks, the open market, and the dangers and benefits of investments.

Explains the history of taxation as well as the different types of taxes and their effects.

A discussion of the theory and history of tariffs and trade barriers puts the concept in context, while recent examples illuminate how they work in practice.

Students will gain an understanding of the local, national, and global implications of supply and demand.

This narrative explores how inflation and the imbalance of supply and demand can cause an economic downturn.

Students will learn how inflation is affected by supply and demand, how it existed long before paper currency, how it can be regulated, and how a lack of regulation can affect the economy.

Twenty-first-century examples of globalization.

Through this book, students will gain a general understanding of economic cycles and how depressions are not part of the normal ebb and flow.

". . . helps demonstrate the interconnectedness of international economies and cultures in the twenty-first century. Through discussions of economic, political, and cultural globalization, students will begin to understand the varied dimensions of global economies"--Adapted from Amazon.