000456348 000__ 02816cam\a2200397Ia\4500 000456348 001__ 456348 000456348 005__ 20210513160708.0 000456348 008__ 101012s2012\\\\nyu\\\\\\b\\\\000\0\eng\d 000456348 020__ $$a9780073527345 (pbk.) 000456348 020__ $$a0073527343 (pbk.) 000456348 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn670473083 000456348 040__ $$aBTCTA$$beng$$cBTCTA$$dYDXCP$$dYHM$$dSGB$$dHAC$$dBDX 000456348 043__ $$an-us--- 000456348 049__ $$aISEA 000456348 050_4 $$aHC106.7$$b.T34 2012 000456348 0920_ $$a330.973 000456348 24500 $$aTaking sides.$$pClashing views on economic issues /$$cselected, edited, and with introductions by Frank J. Bonello, Isobel Lobo. 000456348 24630 $$aClashing views on economic issues 000456348 24630 $$aEconomic Issues 000456348 250__ $$a15th ed. 000456348 260__ $$aNew York :$$bMcGraw-Hill,$$c2012. 000456348 300__ $$axxviii, 351 p. ;$$c24 cm. 000456348 4901_ $$aTaking sides 000456348 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references. 000456348 50500 $$gUnit 1.$$tMicroeconomic issues.$$tAre profits the only business of business? ;$$tShould the compensation of executives be subject to government regulation? ;$$tHas the Supreme Court made it possible for corporations to buy elections? ;$$tShould the United States stop all new offshore drilling for oil? ;$$tAre health savings accounts working effectively? ;$$tShould NBC and Comcast be allowed to merge? --$$gUnit 2.$$tMacroeconomic issues.$$tIs Obamacare a disaster for the economy? ;$$tWill health reform's pilot programs lead to the control of health care costs? ;$$tDid the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 create jobs? ;$$tDo American consumers need a Financial Protection Agency? ;$$tShould minimum wage and living wage laws be eliminated? ;$$tDoes immigration benefit the economy? --$$gUnit 3.$$tThe world around us.$$tIs a fair trade policy superior to a free trade policy? ;$$tIs loan mitigation the answer to the housing foreclosure problem? ;$$tAre biofuels like ethanol the answer to U.S. energy problems? ;$$tCan U.S. deficit and debt problems be solved without increases in taxes? ;$$tIs China's currency undervalued and should the United States take action to correct this undervaluation? ;$$tDo the testing and accountability elements of the No Child Left Behind Act prevent a proper cost-benefit evaluation? ;$$tIs the inequality in U.S. income distribution surging? 000456348 650_0 $$aGlobal Financial Crisis, 2008-2009. 000456348 650_0 $$aFinancial crises$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y21st century. 000456348 650_0 $$aGovernment spending policy$$zUnited States. 000456348 650_0 $$aHealth care reform$$zUnited States$$y21st century. 000456348 650_0 $$aWorking class$$zUnited States$$xEconomic conditions$$y21st century. 000456348 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xEconomic policy$$y21st century. 000456348 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xEconomic conditions$$y2001-2009. 000456348 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xEconomic conditions$$y2009- 000456348 7001_ $$aBonello, Frank J. 000456348 7001_ $$aLobo, Isobel. 000456348 830_0 $$aTaking sides. 000456348 85200 $$bgen$$hHC106.7$$i.T34$$i2012 000456348 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:456348$$pGLOBAL_SET 000456348 980__ $$aBIB 000456348 980__ $$aBOOK