Investigating Social Issues

Using economic theory to analyze real events and problems and to evaluate different solutions, this book stresses the importance of value judgements and demonstrates how one person's success can be another's disaster.

Newspaper cuttings have been used an an integral part of the text to highlight the causes, effects and solutions to these issues and problems.

The topics covered include health, education, transport, income distribution, innner cities, regional policy, housing and the environment.