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Smart economics : commonsense answers to 50 questions about government, taxes, business, and households /

Budget deficits, gas prices, health care costs, social security, job security ... Anxiety over the economy pervades our daily lives--from reports on the early morning newscasts to gossip around the water cooler to dinner table debate. Yet most citizens are woefully ignorant when it comes to understa...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walden, Michael L. (Michael Leonard), 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2005.
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505 0 |a pt. 1. Economic questions about what government does, what government doesn't do, and how government spends our money -- 1. Has government growth been out of control? -- 2. Will the national debt sink our economic future? -- 3. Do budget deficits increase interest rates? -- 4. Can government spending be cut by eliminating waste? -- 5. Does government spend too much, or not enough, on the poor? -- 6. Does war help the economy? -- 7. Does more spent on education pay off in student achievement? -- 8. Has the social security surplus been stolen? -- 9. Is social security going bankrupt? -- 10. Should our money be backed by gold? -- 11. Should government enforce a living wage? -- 12. Should government control the prices of necessities? -- 13. Should government pay businesses to create jobs? -- 14. Can government create prosperity? -- pt. 2. Economic questions about how much taxes are paid, who pays taxes, and the fairness of taxes -- 15. Do we pay 60% to 80% of our income in taxes? -- 16. Does a tax bracket of 40% mean the government takes 40% of your income? -- 17. Can cutting tax rates increases tax revenues? -- 18. Will a tax cut of $1 create 47 to $10 of new income? -- 19. Do corporations pay too little in taxes? -- 20. Would rich investors benefit from a flat tax? -- 21. Is the sales tax regressive? -- 22. Do the rich get a break on social security taxes? -- 23. Has the tax penalty for marriage been ended? 
505 0 |a pt. 3. Economic questions about what business does and why and how that affects jobs, consumers and the country -- 24. Is American manufacturing dying? -- 25. Are low-paying jobs replacing high-paying ones? -- 26. Are companies outsourcing good-paying jobs? -- 27. Will free trade destroy our economy? -- 28. Can U.S. workers compete with low-paid foreign workers? -- 29. Do countries prosper only if they run a trade surplus? -- 30. Is a "strong" dollar good and a "weak' dollar bad? -- 31. Are profits bad? -- 32. Does business make obscene profits? -- 33. Does big business control the economy? -- 34. Can pro sports teams and facilities hit economic home runs? -- 35. Why are pro sports stars paid so much for playing a game? -- 36. Are we running out of farmers, farmland, and soon, food? -- 37. Are gas prices at an all-time high? -- 38. Do big oil companies manipulate oil supplies and gas prices? -- 39. Should we become energy shelf-sufficient? -- 40. Is immigration hurting our economy? -- pt. 4. Economic questions about how households live and how they earn and spend money -- 41. Is everything more expensive today (or, should you wish for the "good old days")? -- 42. Does it take two incomes for families to get ahead today? -- 43. Are Americans drowning in debt and not saving? -- 44. Do women earn less than men? -- 45. Are the rich getting richer and everyone else getting poorer? -- 46. Is poverty getting worse? -- 47. If it saves one life, is it worth the cost? -- 48. Can families afford college? -- 49. Would importing drugs lower their prices? -- 50. Can government lower consumers' health costs? 
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