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000348513 020__ $$a9780073527307 (pbk.)
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000348513 05000 $$aHC106.7$$b.T34 2010
000348513 24500 $$aTaking sides.$$pClashing views on economic issues /$$cselected, edited, and with introductions by Frank J. Bonello, Isobel Lobo.
000348513 24630 $$aClashing views on economic issues
000348513 24630 $$aEconomic issues
000348513 250__ $$a14th ed.
000348513 260__ $$aNew York :$$bMcGraw-Hill Higher Education,$$c2010.
000348513 300__ $$axxviii, 384 p. ;$$c24 cm.
000348513 440_0 $$aTaking sides.
000348513 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references.
000348513 50500 $$gUnit 1. Microeconomic issues:$$tAre profits the only business of business?;$$tAre CEOs paid what they are worth?;$$tIs OSHA working effectively to protect the safety of construction workers?;$$tIs the new Medicare part D drug benefit good health care policy?;$$tAre health savings accounts working effectively?;$$tIs it time to reform medical malpractice litigation? --$$gUnit 2. Macroeconomic issues:$$tIs Wal-Mart good for the economy?;$$tShould Social Security be changed to include personal retirement accounts?;$$tShould unemployment benefits be extended?;$$tDo American consumers need a credit card bill of rights?;$$tShould minimum wage and living wage laws be eliminated?;$$tDo unskilled immigrants hurt the American economy? --$$gUnit 3. The World around us:$$tIs a fair trade policy superior to a free trade policy?;$$tIs loan mitigation the answer to the housing foreclosure problem?;$$twill biofuels like ethanol reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil?;$$tAre spending cuts the right way to balance the Federal Government's budget?;$$tHas the North American Free Trade Agreement benefited the Economies of Canada, Mexico, and the United States?;$$tDo the testing and accountability elements of the No Child Left Behind Act prevent a proper cost-benefit evaluation?;$$tIs the inequality in the U.S. income distribution surging?;$$tIs the treasury's $700 billion bailout the solution to the credit crisis?
000348513 520__ $$a"Taking Sides: Clashing views on Economic Issues, Fourteenth Edition, is a debate-style reader designed to introduce students to controversies in economics. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading economists and commentators, reflect a variety of viewpoints and have been selected for their liveliness and substance and because of their value in a debate format." --Back cover
000348513 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xEconomic policy$$y1971-1981.
000348513 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xEconomic policy$$y1981-1993.
000348513 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xEconomic policy$$y1993-2001.
000348513 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xEconomic conditions$$y2001-2009.
000348513 7001_ $$aBonello, Frank J.
000348513 7001_ $$aLobo, Isobel.
000348513 85200 $$bgen$$hHC106.7$$i.T34$$i2010
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000348513 980__ $$aBIB
000348513 980__ $$aBOOK