Economics, and the companion Multi-Touch textbook Personal Finance, is based on the extraordinary content developed for Virginia’s comprehensive online course, Economics and Personal Finance. The two-volume set meets the Virginia Standards of Learning for Economics and Personal Finance and is tightly aligned to the PISA 2012 Financial Literacy Framework and the Council for Economic Education’s Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics. Economics and Personal Finance are ideal companions for the course as well as comprehensive textbooks for use in other economics and personal finance courses. For those who simply are interested in this area of study, they are unique and compelling resources.
Economics content includes:
Economics and Economic Decisions
Economic Systems
Factors of Production
Production/Consumption
Types of Businesses
Firm Behavior
Supply and Demand
Equilibrium
Elasticity
Economic Functions of Government
Market Failure and the Role of Government
Private Property
Government Regulations
Economic Goals
Role of Labor
Inflation and Its Indicators
The Business Cycle
The Fed
Federal Budget Process
International Commerce
Exchange Rates
Trade Agreements and Barriers
