Understanding economics: essays on public policies / 
edited by Yung-Ping Chen.; et al.... 
 - Boston:  Little, Brown and Company,  c1974. 
 - xviii, 151 p.:  ill.  23cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents: Introduction -- Unemployment and full employment in the American economy -- Inflation and the redistribution of wealth -- The Construction sector and public policy -- Price flexibility and the international money market -- Currency devaluation, economic stability, and individual welfare: The French experience -- Excise tax reductions and commodity prices -- The Problems of the performing arts and economic analysis -- Economic concepts and social questions -- How the government measures unemployment -- The Consumer price index - a short description -- Relative importance of components in the consumer price index.  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Economics
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HB171.C525