Economics U$A

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Economics U$A is a telecourse series covering the subjects of microeconomics and macroeconomics. The series was produced by the Educational Film Center in Annandale, Virginia, with funding from the Annenberg-CPB Project (now Annenberg Media) and broadcast on PBS and educational stations.

The original series debuted in 1986; however, there have been several updates since that time.

The series hosted by David Schoumacher, with the help of economic analysts Richard T. Gill and Nariman Behravesh (Chief Economist and Executive Vice President, Global Insight). The series consist largely of interviews of government officials, economic analysts, and people who have experienced important events for the economy of the United States.

Herbert Stein, father of Ben Stein and economic advisor for the Nixon administration, is one of the many guests interviewed in the series.

[edit] Episode Guide

• Resources and Scarcity: What Is Economics All About?
• Markets and Prices: Do They Meet Our Needs?
• U.S. Economic Growth: What Is the Gross National Product?
• Booms and Busts: What Causes the Business Cycle?
• John Maynard Keynes: What Did We learn from the Great Depression?
• Fiscal Policy: Can We Control the Economy?
• Inflation: How Did the Spiral Begin?
• The Banking System: Why Must It Be Protected?
• The Federal Reserve: Does Money Matter?
• Stagflation: Why Couldn't We Beat It?
• Productivity: Can We Get More For Less?
• Federal Deficits: Can We Live With Them?
• Monetary Policy: How Well Does It Work?
• Stabilization Policy: Are We Still In Control?
• The Firm: How Can We Keep Costs Down?
• Supply and Demand: What Sets the Price?
• Perfect Competition & Inelastic Demand: Can the Farmer Make a Profit?
• Economics Efficiency: What Price Controls?
• Monopoly: Who's In Control?
• Oligopoly: Whatever Happened to Price Competition?
• Pollution: How Much Is a Clean Environment Worth?
• Labor & Management: How do They Come to Terms?
• Profits and Interest: Where Is the Best Return?
• Reducing Poverty: What Have We Done?
• Economic Growth: Can We Keep Up the Pace?
• Public Goods and Responsibilities: How Far Should We Go?
• International Trade: For Whose Benefit?
  • Guests:
    • Robert Crandell, economist, Brookings Institution
    • Rep. John Dingell, D-Michigan
    • Sen. William Brock, R-Tennessee, Special Trade Representative
    • Kay Jennings, Toyota dealer
    • Anthony Solomon, Deputy Treasury Secretary, Carter administration
    • Patricia Fernandez Kelly
    • Steve Knaebel, President, Cummins Engine-Mexico
• Exchange Rates: What in the World Is a Dollar Worth?
  • Guests:
    • Dr. Edward Bernstein, former Principal Economist, U.S. Treasury Department
    • Dr. Joan Spero, Senior Vice-President, Corporate Affairs, American Express
    • Dr. Marina von Neumann Whitman, former economic advisor to President Richard M. Nixon
    • Martin Feldstein, George F. Baker Professor of Economics, Harvard University
    • Michael Mussa

[edit] References

• http://www.efcvideo.com/EconomicsUSA/