Session:1 Understanding Economic Systems and Business
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Introduction to Business | Leadership Development – Micro-Learning Session
Rice University 2020 | Michael Laverty, Colorado State University Global Chris Littel, North Carolina State University| https://openstax.org/details/books/introduction-business
- What makes a company good to work for or most admired? Find out by checking Fortune’s special lists at http://www.fortune.com.
- Which country has the largest GDP? The most people? The answers can be found in The World Factbook at https://www.cia.gov.
- Get the scoop on the latest technology trends affecting our lives from CNET’s website at http://www.cnet.com. The site also includes product reviews, how-to videos, and smart home features.
- The Federal Reserve Board issues a variety of statistical information about the state of the U.S. economy. Find it at the Federal Reserve’s site by clicking on the Economic Research and Data links: http://www.federalreserve.gov.
- Want to know the current public debt per citizen, or even what it was in 1790? Go to https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/ and you can filter the data for any date range including 1790 to present day.
- The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) tracks national and regional economic statistics, including the GDP. To find the latest GDP statistics, visit the BEA at.
- How are the job prospects in your area? Your region’s unemployment statistics can give you an idea of how hard it will be to find a job. Find the most recent unemployment statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics at http://www.bls.gov.
- How do the PPI and the CPI differ? Get the answers to this and other questions about the PPI by visiting the Bureau of Labor Statistics PPI site at http://www.bls.gov/ppi.