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Peer reviewedRiemer, Jeremiah – Social Education, 1993
Reviews progress toward economic integration and monetary union within the European Economic Community. Maintains that Germany has the greatest influence on the system because of its strong currency and monetary policies. Concludes that a "two-speed" course toward economic union may be the only practical path. (CFR)
Descriptors: Banking, Economic Change, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries
Desruisseaux, Paul – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1998
A survey of United States colleges and universities that enroll the largest numbers of students from Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, and Thailand, which have experienced currency devaluations and economic uncertainty, found a less than 10% drop in those enrollments, a much lower rate than anticipated. Institutions have taken steps to ease the…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Economic Climate, Enrollment Influences, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedMcCallum, Bennett T. – Journal of Economic Education, 1994
Discusses real business cycle analysis, growth theory, and other economic concepts in the context of the rational expectations revolution in macroeconomics. Focuses on post-1982 research. Concludes that the rejuvenation of growth analysis is an encouraging development because it could lead to changes in welfare policy. (CFR)
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Economic Change, Economic Climate, Economic Factors
Peer reviewedGarrison, Roger W. – Journal of Economic Education, 1995
Contends that the production possibilities frontier (PPF) appears only in preliminary discussions of scarcity in principles textbooks. Illustrates how linking the Keynesian cross and the production possibilities frontier can yield worthwhile results while maintaining analytical simplicity. (CFR)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Economic Change, Economic Factors, Economics
Peer reviewedRomer, Christina D. – Journal of Economic Education, 1994
Contends that the field of economic history is no longer a separate subfield of economics but an integral part of the entire discipline. Explains the concepts of monetary policy, labor force development, and economic growth in U.S. economic history. Concludes that the end of economic history is the beginning of better and richer economics. (CFR)
Descriptors: Banking, Capitalism, Economic Change, Economic Factors
Peer reviewedKyer, Ben L.; Maggs, Gary E. – Journal of Economic Education, 1995
Utilizes two-dimensional price and output graphs to demonstrate the way that the price-level elasticity of aggregate demand affects alternative monetary policy rules designed to cope with random aggregate supply shocks. Includes graphs illustrating price-level, real Gross Domestic Product (GDP), nominal GDP, and nominal money supply targeting.…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Capitalism, Competition, Consumer Economics
Ford Foundation, New York, NY. – 1982
This report describes the main areas of economic research supported by the Ford Foundation in the 1970s, with an emphasis on the work in international economics. It is divided into five sections: the international economy, less-developed countries (LDCs) and the new economic order, the industrialized world and inflation, workers and wages, and…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Change, Economic Development
