Field Guide to the U.S. Economy: A Compact and Irreverent Guide to Economic Life in America, Revised and Updated Edition
Teller-elsberg, Jonathan; Folbre, Nancy; Heintz, James
ISBN 10: 1595580484 ISBN 13: 9781595580481
Published by The New Press, 2006
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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, reflecting the collective wit and wisdom of the many progressive economists affiliated with the Center for Popular Economics. User-friendly and accessible, the book covers a wide range of subjects, including workers, women, people of color, government spending, welfare, education, health, the environment, macroeconomics, and the global economy, as well as brand-new material on the war in Iraq, the Department of Homeland Security, the prison-industrial complex, foreign aid, the environment, and pharmaceutical companies.
Synopsis: Revised and updated with the most up-to-the-minute data, "The New Field Guide to the U.S. Economy" brings key economic issues to life. This new edition features brand new material on: the war in Iraq, the Department of Homeland Security, lotteries, the prison industrial complex, foreign aid, the environment, pharmaceutical companies. Complete with a glossary and analytical "tool kit," this primer covers a wide range of subjects including workers, women, people of colour, government spending, welfare, education, health, the environment, macroeconomics, and the global economy. Like "Field Guide to the Global Economy", "The New Field Guide to the U.S. Economy" is steady-selling, accessibly written introduction to economics. Focusing specifically on the American economy, it includes comprehensive but easy-to-understand analysis of the Bush administration's adverse effect on the American economy.
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Title: Field Guide to the U.S. Economy: A Compact ...
Publisher: The New Press
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: very_good