College Prep Economics

Description:
Investigates how US citizens practice free enterprise to produce, exchange, and consume goods and services; contrasts with other economic systems.

This High School Course is also offered as part of the College Prep Correspondence Diploma program.

Credits: .5 Unit

Course ID: SS08

Course Area: Social Studies

Course Type: College Prep

Study Method: Correspondence

Key Topics:
What is economics?; types of economic systems; American free enterprise; supply and demand; prices; market structures; business organizations; labor; money and banking; financial markets; gross domestic product; economic challenges; taxes and government spending; fiscal policy; international trade; the Federal Reserve and monetary policy; economic development and transition.

Text:
Economics Principles in Action: Prentice Hall