The 21st-Century Economics series provides students with an understanding of the key components of modern economics and the markets that facilitate the exchange of goods and services through books on depressions, recessions, the stock market, inflation, supply and demand, taxation, globalization, and international trade. For instance, students will come to understand not only how a depression affects a national economy but the ways in which it affects both individuals and international trade relations. Strong text-image correlation and sidebars, coupled with a reader-friendly glossaries and indexes, help to contextualize these complex and important concepts. Features include: Sidebars that further explore the various impacts that each subject can have on a local and global level. Glossaries, further information sections, selected bibliographies, and indexes that provide readers with easy-to-reference materials. Students will be able to explain trade barriers and their influence on the global, national, business, and personal levels, in alignment with the C3 Social Studies Framework goals.
