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The Accidental Theorist and Other Dispatches from the Dismal Science
by Paul Krugman  Publisher Comments In this wonderfully cohesive set of sharp and witty essays, Paul Krugman tackles bad economic ideas from across the political spectrum. In plain English, he enlightens us on the Asian crisis, corporate downsizing, and the globalization of the American...
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The Color of Wealth: The Story Behind the U.S. Racial Wealth Divide
by Meizhu Lui Publisher Comments An eye-opening field guide to the wealth gap. <BR>For every dollar owned by the average white family in the United States, the average family of color has less than a dime. Why do people of color have so little wealth? "The Color of Wealth" lays...
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Moving Up or Moving on: Who Advances in the Low-Wage Labor Market?
by Fredrik Andersson Synopsis Offers a compelling argument about how low-wage workers can achieve upward mobility, and how public policy can facilitate the process....
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Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Fight Over Taxing Inherited Wealth
by Michael J Graetz Publisher Comments This fast-paced book by Yale professors Michael Graetz and Ian Shapiro unravels the following mystery: How is it that the estate tax, which has been on the books continuously since 1916 and is paid by only the wealthiest two percent of Americans, was...
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Exporting America: Why Corporate Greed Is Shipping American Jobs Overseas
by Lou Dobbs Publisher Comments World renowned business journalist and anchor of CNN's popular Lou Dobbs Tonight, Lou Dobbs weighs in on the most explosive economic issue of our time. The shipment of American jobs to cheap foreign labor markets threatens not only millions of...
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Fifty Years of Change on the U.S.-Mexico Border: Growth, Development, and Quality of Life
by Joan B Anderson Publisher Comments The U.S. and Mexican border regions have experienced rapid demographic and economic growth over the last fifty years. In this analysis, Joan Anderson and James Gerber offer a new perspective on the changes and tensions pulling at the border from both...
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The Small-Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses Are Beating the Global Competition (BK Currents)
by Michael H. Shuman Publisher Comments Defenders of globalization, free markets, and free trade insist there' s no alternative to mega-stores like Wal-Mart -- Michael Shuman begs to differ. In "The Small-Mart Revolution," Shuman makes a compelling case for his alternative business model, one...
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Social Security and Its Enemies: Why Social Security Works and Why Its Enemies Are Wrong
by Max J Skidmore Publisher Comments Most Americans would be astonished to discover that the most efficient insurance program in the world—in the history of the world, in fact—is the United States Social Security system. No private insurance company can come close to the returns...
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Everything for Sale
by Robert Kuttner Publisher Comments Zeroing in on such realms as health care and the workplace, the commercialization of sports and the arts, the chaotic deregulation of airlines, S&Ls, and telecommunications, and the buying and selling of public offices, Kuttner shows how markets can fail...
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Aging Nation: The Economics and Politics of Growing Older in America
by James H Schulz Publisher Comments With the impending retirement of some 76 million baby boomers in a period of huge government deficits, public anxiety about the social and economic health of an aging nation is widespread. The policy debates are contentious -- from deciding who should...
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The Stakeholder Society
by Bruce Ackerman Publisher Comments Must we resign ourselves to a growing chasm between rich and poor? Bruce Ackerman and Anne Alstott propose an innovative alternative in this thought-provoking book: an eighty thousand dollar grant for every qualifying young adult. The authors analyze...
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Fair Not Flat: How to Make the Tax System Better and Simpler
by Edward J Mccaffery Publisher Comments Everyone knows that the current tax system is unfair. Some of the richest people in America pay no tax, perfectly legally, while heavy tax burdens fall on the rest of us. A mere glance at the tax code confirms that it is far too complex, with volumes of...
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Health of Nations : Why Inequality Is Harmful To Your Health (2ND 06 Edition)
by Ichiro Kawachi Publisher Comments Provides powerful evidence that growing inequality is undermining health, welfare, and community life in America....
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Field Guide to the U.S. Economy: A Compact and Irreverent Guide to Economic Life in America
by Jona Teller Elsberg Publisher Comments The twenty-first-century handbook to the myths and realities of the U.S. economy. Extensively revised and expanded with the most up-to-the-minute data, this new edition of the "Field Guide to the U.S. Economy" brings key economic issues to life...
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Age of Diminished Expectations : U.S. Economic Policy in the 1990S (3RD 97 Edition)
by Paul Krugman Publisher Comments Paul Krugman's popular guide to the economic landscape of the 1990s has been revised and updated to take into account economic developments of the past three years. New material in the third edition includes:- A new chapter--complete with colorful...
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The Raw Deal: How Myths and Misinformation about Deficits, Inflation, and Wealth Impoverish America
by Ellen Frank Publisher Comments How myths and misinformation about deficit, inflation and wealth impoverish America....
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The New Ruthless Economy: Work and Power in the Digital Age (Century Foundation Books)
by Simon Head Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-211) and index....
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If Americans Really Understood Income Tax
by John O Fox Publisher Comments One hundred eighty million Americans file income tax returns, almost as many complain about the system, yet few understand the underlying social and economic outcomes. This book carves open the belly of the income tax forAmericans who never have had the...
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Death By a Thousand Cuts : Fight Over Taxing Inherited Wealth (05 Edition)
by Michael Graetz Publisher Comments Honorable Mention, 2005 Awards for Excellence in Professional/Scholarly Publishing in Government and Political Science, Association of American...
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Policy Analyses in International Economics #58: The New Politics of American Trade: Trade, Labor, and the Environment
by I M Destler Synopsis This 1999 supplement to the Institute's 3rd edition of American Trade Politics reexamines the landscape of trade politics. It shows how trade advocates and labor and environmental skeptics differ significantly in both their substantive views and their...
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