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

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublication details: S. Burlington, Vt. : Annenberg Media, c2002.Edition: Full screen versionDescription: 5 videodiscs (ca 840 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1576807444
Other title:
  • Economics USA
  • Economics United States of America
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.9 Ec7 v.1
LOC classification:
  • HB171.5 .E32 2002
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
Production credits:
  • Videographers, John M. Murdock ... [et al.] ; editors, Frank Nesbitt ... [et al.] ; music, Richard Paul Brier.
Correspondent: David Schoumacher ; economist, Richard T. Gill.Summary: 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
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Released as video fall 1986, updated 1992 and 2002

Pt. 1 contains Disc 1 & 2,. Pt. 2 contains Disc 3, 4, & 5.

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

Videographers, John M. Murdock ... [et al.] ; editors, Frank Nesbitt ... [et al.] ; music, Richard Paul Brier.

Correspondent: David Schoumacher ; economist, Richard T. Gill.

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

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