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Economics U$A / A cooperative project of Educational Film Center, Wharton Economic Forecasting Associates, Inc. ; producers, Frank Nesbitt [and others] ; writers, Frank Nesbitt [and others] ; directors, Frank Nesbitt [and others].

Format Video (DVD)
EditionFull screen version.
Publication InfoS. Burlington, Vt. : Annenberg Media, ©2002.
Description5 videodiscs (approximately 840 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
DVD-Video discs.
Economics.
United States--Economic conditions --1945-
Other author/creatorSchoumacher, David.
Other author/creatorGill, Richard T. (Richard Thomas), 1927-2010.
Other author/creatorNesbitt, Frank.
Other author/creatorMurdock, John M.
Other author/creatorBrier, Richard Paul.
Other author/creatorWharton Econometric Forecasting Associates.
Other author/creatorEducational Film Center (Annandale, Va.)
Other author/creatorAnnenberg Media.
Variant title Economics USA
Variant title Economics United States of America
Contents Disc 1. Programs 1-6: Resources and scarcity ; Markets and prices ; U.S. economic growth ; Booms and busts ; John Maynard Keynes ; Fiscal policy Disc 2. Programs 7-12: Inflation ; The banking system ; The Federal Reserve ; Stagflation ; Productivity ; Federal deficits -- Disc 3. Programs 13-18: Monetary policy ; Stabilization policy ; The firm ; Supply and demand ; Perfect competition and inelastic demand ; Economic efficiency -- Disc 4. Programs 19-24: Monopoly ; Oligopolies ; Pollution ; Labor and management ; Profits and interest ; Reducing poverty ; Disc 5. Programs 25-28: Economic growth ; Public goods and responsibility ; International trade ; Exchange rates.
Abstract Explores the fundamentals of economic history, theory, and practice, including microeconomics and macroeconomics, through interview with Nobel Prize-winning economists. The series features Milton Friedman, Paul Samuelson, John Kenneth Galbraith, Walter Heller, and others. In each program, case studies of major exonomic events show how economic theory relates to the real world. Made for college and high school classrooms and adult learners.
General noteReleased as video fall 1986, updated 1992 and 2002.
CreditsVideographers, John M. Murdock ... [et al.] ; editors, Frank Nesbitt ... [et al.] ; music, Richard Paul Brier.
Performer Correspondent: David Schoumacher ; economist, Richard T. Gill.
Technical detailsDVD.
ISBN1576807444
ISBN9781576807446

Available Items

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Joyner Compact DVDs HB171.5 .E32 2002 DVD PT 1 ✔ Available Place Hold
Joyner Compact DVDs HB171.5 .E32 2002 DVD PT 2&3 ✔ Available Place Hold
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