Against the Conventional Wisdom
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Against the Conventional Wisdom

A Primer For Current Economic Controversies And Proposals

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Against the Conventional Wisdom

A Primer For Current Economic Controversies And Proposals

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For the past twenty-five years, the United States has undergone a retrogression in its socioeconomic policies–facilitated and supported by most economists–thanks to the steady drumbeat of arguments by entrepreneurs and politicians who celebrate the free market for anything and everything and who advocate, among other follies, balanced budgets and r

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface and Acknowledgments
  7. 1 Myths and Realities of the Free Market
  8. 2 Fiscal Policy
  9. 3 International Production, Trade, and Finance
  10. 4 Jobs and Joblessness
  11. 5 Income and Wealth and Power and Poverty
  12. 6 Welfare and Social Security
  13. 7 Health, Education, and Housing
  14. 8 Environmental Deterioration
  15. 9 Expenditures on the Military and Crime
  16. 10 Needs and Possibilities
  17. Notes
  18. About the Book and Author
  19. Index