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Economics Now

Analyzing Current Issues

by (author) Angelo Bolotta, Charles Hawkes, Rick Mahoney & John Piper

edited by Elaine Aboud & Jenifer Ludbrook

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Initial publish date
Aug 2002
Category
General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780195414455
    Publish Date
    Aug 2002
    List Price
    $164.94
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781550772708
    Publish Date
    May 2019
    List Price
    $106.19

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Economics Now introduces students to basic principles of micro and macro economics, with a focus on the history of economic thought and economics on the world stage. It examines closely economic decision-making, including the role of government in employment and unemployment issues as well as in the global economic issues.

French version Economie Contemporaine available. Please contact Chenelière Éducation (www.cheneliere.ca) for details.

About the authors

Born in the village of Carpanzano in Calabria, Italy in 1951, Angelo Bolotta emigrated to Canada in 1955. He graduated from the University of Toronto with an Honours B.A. in economic geography in 1973, and a Bachelor of Education (in geography and economics) in 1974. He also obtained a Master of Education in Curriculum and Assessment in 1988 from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Angelo is a career educator, curriculum leader, administrator, consultant, university instructor and author with over 40 years of experience in public education. He started teaching with the Toronto Catholic District School Board in 1974, and retired in 2009, after serving his last 18 years as a secondary school principal and curriculum leader. He continued his teaching career as an instructor and supervisor with Niagara University from 2007–2014. Angelo is the author of numerous textbooks and educational publications about civics, Canadian history, economics, the immigrant experience, and student assessment.

 

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