Modern economic issues

Lecture 1: The economic approach to public policy

Lecture 2: Assessing the American economy

Lecture 3: Economists' views of the future

Lecture 4: Productivity and productivity growth

Lecture 5: Inflation

Lecture 6: Unemployment

Lecture 7: Economic inequality

Lecture 8: International trade and outsourcing

Lecture 9: Trade imbalances and saving

Lecture 10: Government budget deficits

Lecture 11: Taxes and the Income Tax Code

Lecture 12: Social Security.

Lecture 13: An aging population and the birth dearth

Lecture 14: Health care

Lecture 15: Energy

Lecture 16: Pollution

Lecture 17: Global climate change

Lecture 18: Low wages and the miminum wage

Lecture 19: Poverty and families

Lecture 20: Pay gaps by sex and race

Lecture 21: Immigration

Lecture 22: Labor unions

Lecture 23: Underperforming schools

Lecture 24: The high cost of higher education.

Lecture 25: Wal-Mart

Lecture 26: Corporate "greed," fraud, and mismanagement

Lecture 27: Conspicuous consumption

Lecture 28: Mail delivery

Lecture 29: Organ shortages

Lecture 30: Baseball

Lecture 31: Terrorism

Lecture 32: Helping poor countries

Lecture 33: Urban sprawl

Lecture 34: Gambling

Lecture 35: Overeating

Lecture 36: Concluding thoughts.