Excerpt from the Preface to Alice Henry's book, The Trade Union Woman (1915) in which Henry argues for regulation of wages and working conditions for women. Link to the entire book.
This resource provides information about the average salary range of dancers and choreographers.
The United States Department of Labor provides comprehensive statistics on everything related to unemployment at the state, national, and international levels. Data is available for past years as well.
This resource from the CIA World Factbook provides a detailed fact sheet of the Netherlands. The content covers the country's geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. It includes images of maps and the flag, as well as photos of the country. This resource requires Java.
Principles of Macroeconomics 2e covers the scope and sequence of most introductory economics courses. The text includes many current examples, which are handled in a politically equitable way. The outcome is a balanced approach to the theory and application of economics concepts. The second edition has been thoroughly revised to increase clarity, update data and current event impacts, and incorporate the feedback from many reviewers and adopters. Changes made in Principles of Macroeconomics 2e are described in the preface and the transition guide to help instructors transition to the second edition. The first edition of Principles of Macroeconomics by OpenStax is available in web view here.
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Explain how inflation can cause redistributions of purchasing power
Identify ways inflation can blur the perception of supply and demand
Explain the economic benefits and challenges of inflation
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Calculate the annual rate of inflation
Explain and use index numbers and base years when simplifying the total quantity spent over a year for products
Calculate inflation rates using index numbers
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Explain frictional and structural unemployment
Assess relationships between the natural rate of employment and potential real GDP, productivity, and public policy
Identify recent patterns in the natural rate of employment
Propose ways to combat unemployment
