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The instant economist : everything you need to know about how the economy works / by Taylor, Timothy,1960-(CARDINAL)536239; Teaching Company.(CARDINAL)349444;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-252) and index.How economists think -- Division of labor -- Supply and demand -- Price floors and ceilings -- Elasticity -- The labor market and wages -- Financial markets and rates of return -- Personal investing -- From perfect competition to monopoly -- Antitrust and competition policy -- Regulation and deregulation -- Negative externalities and the environment -- Positive externalities and technology -- Public goods -- Poverty and welfare programs -- Inequality -- Imperfect information and insurance -- Corporate and political governance -- Macroeconomics and gross domestic product -- Economic growth -- Unemployment -- Inflation -- The balance of trade -- Aggregate supply and aggregate demand -- The unemployment-inflation trade-off -- Fiscal policy and budget deficits -- Countercyclical fiscal policy -- Budget deficits and national saving -- Money and banking -- The Federal Reserve and its powers -- The conduct of monetary policy -- The gains of international trade -- The debates over protectionism -- Exchange rates -- International financial crashes -- A global economic perspective.Regardless of their level of education, most people wish they understood economics better. An award-winning professor translates the subject's complicated principles into easy-to-understand language, tackling all the key questions and hot topics of microeconomics and macroeconomics.

Subjects: Economics.;

Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 13

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Empire of cotton : a global history / by Beckert, Sven,author.(CARDINAL)360459;

Includes bibliographical references and index.The rise of a global commodity -- Building war capitalism -- The wages of war capitalism -- Capturing labor, conquering land -- Slavery takes command -- Industrial capitalism takes wing -- Mobilizing industrial labor -- Making cotton global -- A war reverberates around the world -- Global reconstruction -- Destructions -- The new cotton imperialism -- The return of the global South -- The weave and the weft: an epilogue."The epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality in the world economy, and its making and remaking of global capitalism. Sven Beckert's rich, fascinating book tells the story of how, in a remarkably brief period, European entrepreneurs and powerful statesmen recast the world's most significant manufacturing industry combining imperial expansion and slave labor with new machines and wage workers to change the world. Here is the story of how, beginning well before the advent of machine production in 1780, these men created a potent innovation (Beckert calls it war capitalism, capitalism based on unrestrained actions of private individuals; the domination of masters over slaves, of colonial capitalists over indigenous inhabitants), and crucially affected the disparate realms of cotton that had existed for millennia. We see how this thing called war capitalism shaped the rise of cotton, and then was used as a lever to transform the world. The empire of cotton was, from the beginning, a fulcrum of constant global struggle between slaves and planters, merchants and statesmen, farmers and merchants, workers and factory owners. In this as in so many other ways, Beckert makes clear how these forces ushered in the modern world. The result is a book as unsettling and disturbing as it is enlightening: a book that brilliantly weaves together the story of cotton with how the present global world came to exist"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Capitalism; Cotton plantation workers; Cotton textile industry; Cotton trade; Enslaved persons.; Labor; Slavery; Textile workers.;

Available copies: 28 / Total copies: 29

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Economics [sound recording] / by Taylor, Timothy,1960-(CARDINAL)536239;

Part 1. How economists think ; Fundamentals of supply and demand ; Reconciling policy with supply and demand ; Labor market and wages ; Interest rates & the demand side of the capital market ; Financial investment from the supply side ; Environment and negative externalities ; Technology, positive externalities, and public goods -- Part 2. Poverty and inequality ; Regulation to ensure free markets ; Macroeconomics perspective on long-term growth ; Fighting unemployment ; Why inflation matters ; Sustainable trade balance -- Part 3. Federal budget, the deficit, and fiscal policy ; Federal Reserve and monetary policy ; Unemployment-inflation trade-off ; Trade policy ; Exchange-rate policy ; Global economic perspective.Lecturer: Timothy Taylor.Provides basic understanding of economic matters that will help explain both the U.S. and global economies on the microeconomics and macroeconomics levels. Defines basics terms used in economics to help non-specialists develop and understanding of how market forces relate to one another and affect fiscal health.

Subjects: Audiobooks.; Lectures.; Sound recordings.; Speeches.; Economics.; Macroeconomics.;

Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4

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The economic implications of aging societies : the costs of living happily ever after / by Nyce, Steven A.,1973-(CARDINAL)275816; Schieber, Sylvester J.(CARDINAL)277070;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Population developments in a global context -- Pension options, motivations, and choices -- Pension structures and the implications of aging -- Retirement systems and the economic costs of aging -- Beyond pensions to health care considerations -- Labor supply and living standards -- Too many wants or too few workers? -- Alternatives to finding moreworkers -- Aligning retirement policy with labor needs -- Funding pensions and securing retiree claims -- Macroeconomic policies for improved living standards -- Risks associated with alternative public policies -- Roadmap to the future.

Subjects: Life span, Productive.; Pensions; Age distribution (Demography); Retirement; Labor supply.;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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American health economy illustrated / by Conover, Christopher J.(CARDINAL)314804;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Rise of a massive health sector -- How is each health dollar spent? -- Who pays for health services? -- The employer role in U.S. health care -- Government health expenditures, taxes, and deficits -- Health services and the family budget -- Who produces health services? -- Health services and the distribution of national income -- Productivity in the health sector -- The labor force and employment in the health sector -- Personal incomes and health care -- Distribution of health services -- Poverty and health -- The structure of the health sector -- Health, wealth, and debt -- Economic fluctuations and health -- Health services and quality of life -- U.S. health care in a global economy -- Do Americans get good value for money in health care? -- Are health spending trends sustainable?

Subjects: Medical care, Cost of; Health insurance;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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World in the balance : the historic quest for an absolute system of measurement / by Crease, Robert P.(CARDINAL)748794;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: The noonday cannon -- Vitruvian man -- Ancient China : feet and flutes -- West Africa : gold weights -- France : "realities of life and labor" -- Halting steps toward universality -- "One of the greatest triumphs of modern civilization" -- Metrophilia and metrophobia -- Surely you're joking, Mr. Duchamp! -- Dreams of a final standard -- Universal system : the Si -- The modern metroscape -- Au revoir, kilogram.Offers the story of the invention of a global network of weights, scales, and instruments for measurement.

Subjects: Measurement; Metrology.; Weights and measures;

Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3

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A nation at work : the Heldrich guide to the American workforce / by Schaffner, Herbert A.,1959-(CARDINAL)268018; Van Horn, Carl E.(CARDINAL)146410; John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development.(CARDINAL)268017;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-433) and index.pt. 1. The workforce, the economy, and the public policy -- Social, Economic, and Demographic Trends -- Recruiting, Educating, and Training the Workforce -- Regulating the Workforce -- The economy and the workforce: A critical reader -- Globalization, Technology, and Trade -- Ethics and Justice in the New Workplace -- Balancing Work and Family -- Technology on the Job -- The Changing Face of the Workforce.

Subjects: Labor market; Labor supply; Manpower policy; Employment (Economic theory); Employees;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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The age of oversupply : overcoming the greatest challenge to the global economy / by Alpert, Daniel(Economist),author.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-270) and index."Daniel Alpert, a progressive Wall Street banker and economist, argues that we are living in the age of oversupply. A global labor glut, a flood of excess productive capacity, and the persistent availability of cheap money have kept the developed world in a perpetual slump--which is unlikely to right itself without new policy solutions. For decades, economists and political leaders failed to see the signs of what became a cataclysmic shift in the global economy. Distracted by a technology boom and massive debt bubble, advanced nations failed to assess the full impact of the flood of labor and capital unleashed by the end of socialist economies until the most recent financial crisis exposed it. As the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) and others continue to poach jobs from Western Europe, Japan, and the United States, prosperity in the developed world remains under threat"--

Subjects: Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.; Supply and demand.;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Common sense pregnancy : navigating a healthy pregnancy and birth for mother and baby / by Faulkner, Jeanne.(CARDINAL)620761;

Includes bibliographical references and index."JEANNE FAULKNER has worked in women's health for 30 years, first in doctor's offices, free clinics, and classrooms and then as a registered nurse, specializing in obstetrics, labor and delivery, and neonatal care. She began her career as a journalist in 2002 and currently writes the weekly column Ask the Labor Nurse for FitPregnancy.com. She contributes articles about health, medicine, food, parenting, travel, and lifestyle issues to such publications as Fit Pregnancy, Pregnancy, Shape, Better Homes & Gardens, and the Huffington Post and Oregonian newspapers. She's also the senior writer/editor for Every Mother Counts, a global maternal health advocacy organization founded by Christy Turlington Burns"--

Subjects: Pregnancy; Childbirth; Infants;

Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 5

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State of the North Carolina workforce, 2011-2020 / by North Carolina.Commission on Workforce Development(CARDINAL)294857;

Subjects: Labor market; Labor supply; Occupational training; Displaced workers;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2

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