TY - BOOK AU - Arndt, Sven W. TI - Understanding economics: essays on public policies AV - HB171.C525 PY - 1974/// CY - Boston PB - Little, Brown and Company KW - Economics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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. ER -