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Modern economic issues [digital videodisc] / Robert Whaples.

Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c2007.

United States -- Economic conditions.

Great courses (DVD). Business & economics.

6 videodiscs (approximately 1030 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 219 pages ; 20 cm).

Part 1. Disc 1. Lecture 1. The economic approach to public policy ; Lecture 2. Assessing the American economy ; Lecture 3. Economists' views of the future ; Lecture 4. Productivity and productivity growth ; Lecture 5. Inflation ; Lecture 6. Unemployment -- Disc 2. Lecture 7. Economic inequality ; Lecture 8. International trade and outsourcing ; Lecture 9. Trade imbalances and saving ; Lecture 10. Government budget deficits ; Lecture 11. Taxes and the Income Tax Code ; Lecture 12. Social Security.

Part 2. Disc 3. Lecture 13. An aging population and the birth dearth ; Lecture 14. Health care ; Lecture 15. Energy ; Lecture 16. Pollution ; Lecture 17. Global climate change ; Lecture 18. Low wages and the minimum wage -- Disc 4. Lecture 19. Poverty and families ; Lecture 20. Pay gaps by sex and race ; Lecture 21. Immigration ; Lecture 22. Labor unions ; Lecture 23. Underperforming schools ; Lecture 24. The high cost of higher education.

Part 3. Discs 5. Lecture 25. Wal-Mart ; Lecture 26. Corporate "greed," fraud, and mismanagement ; Lecture 27. Conspicuous consumption ; Lecture 28. Mail delivery ; Lecture 29. Organ shortages ; Lecture 30. Baseball ; Lecture 31. Terrorism ; Lecture 32. Helping poor countries ; Lecture 33. Urban sprawl ; Lecture 34. Gambling ; Lecture 35. Overeating ; Lecture 36. Concluding thoughts.

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