Publisher's Synopsis
"The goal of this book is to assist social work students, practicing social workers, and other human services professionals in gaining a better understanding of economic life and economic policy perspectives. This book can serve as a core or supplementary text for undergraduate and graduate social work curricula. The book is also accessible to those already practicing in the field who want to strengthen their understanding of economic life. The text introduces human services professionals to the key economic indicators that economists and policymakers use to evaluate the economic health of society. These indicators can be critical for justifying budgets, projecting needs, and writing grant proposals, and also help define economic problems such as unemployment, recessions, inequality, and poverty"--.
