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050 _aHB171.C525
245 _aUnderstanding economics: essays on public policies /
_cedited by Yung-Ping Chen.; et al....
260 _aBoston:
_bLittle, Brown and Company,
_cc1974.
300 _axviii, 151 p.:
_bill.
_c23cm.
500 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _aContents: 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.
650 _aEconomics
700 _aArndt, Sven W.
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_cBK
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