03251nam 2200613 450 991079063540332120231206210459.01-59813-142-71-59813-144-3(CKB)2550000001135587(EBL)1370654(OCoLC)859155557(SSID)ssj0001000700(PQKBManifestationID)12462382(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001000700(PQKBWorkID)10952150(PQKB)11137116(MiAaPQ)EBC1370654(Au-PeEL)EBL1370654(CaPaEBR)ebr10769203(CaONFJC)MIL535295(MiAaPQ)EBC7299198(EXLCZ)99255000000113558720130517h20132013 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe terrible 10 a century of economic folly /Burton A. AbramsOakland, California :The Independent Institute,[2013]©20131 online resource (210 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-59813-141-9 1-306-04044-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Dedication Page; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Prohibition: The War on Booze; 2. Monetary Policy During the Great Depression: How to Turn a Recession into a Depression; 3. The Hawley-Smoot Act: Holy Smoke, we Started a Trade War!; 4. Social Security: America's Greatest Ponzi Scheme?; 5. Tax Follies: The 91-Percent Solution; 6. Medicare and Medicaid: Unsustainable Promises; 7. The Nixon-Burns Political Business Cycle: How to Create a Decade of Inflation; 8. Environmental Mismanagement: How to Make a River Burn and Other Magic Tricks9. Government Failure and the Great Recession: Turning the American Dream into a Nightmare10. Decades of Deficits: The Real Red Menace; Epilogue: Can Government Governance be Improved?; References; Index; About the Author; Back Cover<P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal>The U.S. economy made impressive gains in the 20th century, but this progress makes it easy to forget a harsh reality: Americans were the victims of disastrous government policies that cost trillions of dollars in wasted resources, created mass unemployment, and kept millions of people in poverty who otherwise would have participated in the nation's growing prosperity. A complete dissection of the 10 most egregious economic blunders of the past century, this work provides the key lessons to help in avoiding such policy mistakes in the future. <ITerrible tenUnited StatesEconomic policy20th centuryUnited StatesEconomic conditions20th centuryUnited StatesSocial conditions20th centuryUnited StatesPolitics and government20th century330.973/091Abrams Burton A1487957MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790635403321The terrible 103708085UNINA