Steven E. Rhoads

The Economist's View of the World: Governments, Markets, and Public Policy

Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction Part I. Useful Concepts: 2. Opportunity cost 3. Marginalism 4. Economic incentives Part II. Government and Markets, Efficiency and Equity: 5. Government and the economy 6. Economists and equity 7. Externalities and the government agenda 8. Benefit - cost analysis Part III. The Limits of Economics: 9. The economists consumer and individual well-being 10. A second look at externalities 11. Representatives, deliberation, and political leadership 12. Conclusion Notes name index Subject index.

Incomparable Worth: Pay Equity Meets the Market

1. Introduction 2. The debate over equal pay for comparable worth 3. Implementing comparable worth in Minnesota 4. Job evaluation in Minnesota localities 5. Equal pay for work of equal value in the European Community 6. Equal pay for work of equal value in the United Kingdom 7. Equal pay for work of equal value in Australia 8. Conclusion.