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Introduces basic concept of economics and examines 1990s trends in the American economy including inequality in incomes, globalized capitalism, and the specter of inflation.

Presents issues with opposing viewpoints about labor unions.

This comprehensive volume traces the evolution of Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia, from their earliest civilizations to the present day.

This comprehensive volume traces the evolution of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, from their earliest civilizations to the present day.

This comprehensive volume surveys France's assorted regions, its renowned traditions, the individuals and peoples that have led it to greatness, and the struggles and successes of its past and present.

This all-encompassing volume profiles Germany from antiquity to the present day, examining its layered past, including its transition from a world power to a divided state and the major economic strides it has made since unification.

Readers will follow Italys trajectory from a land of disparate barbarian kingdoms to a republic, discovering along the way the glories of the Medici period, the factors influencing Italys development into one of the worlds most industrialized countries, and the diverse society that makes up its population.

Presents an overview of economic thought through the writings of twenty philosophers representative of the historical development of economic theory.

Presents seventy-eight selections from classic and contemporary literature and drama that speak to over twenty key economic concepts, issues, and themes, each with an explanatory introduction.

This book explores the different kinds of economic systems that have existed in the past and those that currently hold sway today throughout the world subsistence, barter, gift, market, command, planned, mixed, and Internet economies and analyzes each ones relationship to the three criteria of production, ownership, and government control.

Contains over two hundred articles that examine the history, economy, society, culture, and politics of the world's countries and dependencies, providing information in more than forty categories, and features an in-depth look at the United Nations system and the organization's related agencies.

Presents an analysis of economic ideas, fallacies, and theories.

Using a lemonade stand as an example, introduces some basic terminology of economics.