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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Westport, Conn. :
Praeger,
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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?
- 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?