02836nam 22005774a 450 991077856590332120230617041005.01-282-40809-797866124080900-313-05132-1(CKB)1000000000807867(EBL)495251(OCoLC)65430418(SSID)ssj0000342971(PQKBManifestationID)11286403(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342971(PQKBWorkID)10289567(PQKB)10107408(MiAaPQ)EBC495251(Au-PeEL)EBL495251(CaPaEBR)ebr10349875(CaONFJC)MIL240809(EXLCZ)99100000000080786720050512d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSmart economics[electronic resource] commonsense answers to 50 questions about government, taxes, business, and households /Michael L. WaldenWestport, Conn. Praeger20051 online resource (217 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-275-98750-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-202) and index.Contents; Introduction; I. Economic Questions about What Government Does, What Government Doesn't Do, and How Government Spends Our Money; II. Economic Questions about How Much Taxes Are Paid, Who Pays Taxes, and the Fairness of Taxes; III. Economic Questions about What Business Does and Why and How That Affects Jobs, Consumers, and the Country; IV. Economic Questions about How Households Live and How They Earn and Spend Money; Glossary; Notes; IndexBudget 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 understanding how the economy works and how to interpret the impact of policies and business decisions. It's easy to slip into generalities: government spending is wasteful, taxes are too high, good-paying jobs are being shipped overseas, Americans don't save enough. Other issues become hijacked by politicalFiscal policyUnited StatesGovernment spending policyUnited StatesUnited StatesEconomic policy2001-2009Fiscal policyGovernment spending policy336.3/0973Walden M. L(Michael Leonard),1951-121745MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778565903321Smart economics3756474UNINA