LEADER 03378nam 22005173 450 001 9910163886003321 005 20230725063000.0 010 $a1-60961-318-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000865935 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6084063 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6084063 035 $a(OCoLC)959150887 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4690512 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4690512 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11267524 035 $a(BIP)36627087 035 $a(BIP)34218665 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000865935 100 $a20210901d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Big Handout $eHow Government Subsidies and Corporate Welfare Corrupt the World We Live in and Wreak Havoc on Our Food Bills 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aGordonsville :$cPotter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale,$d2011. 210 4$dİ2011. 215 $a1 online resource (230 pages) 311 08$a1-60961-113-6 327 $aIntro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Grocery Store -- 2. The Advent of Subsidies -- 3. The Meat Counter -- 4. Poultry -- 5. Pork -- 6. Dairy -- 7. Sugar and Beverages -- 8. Breads and Cereals -- 9. Rice -- 10. Cotton -- 11. Fruits and Vegetables -- 12. Fish -- 13. Oil and Gas -- 14. Steel -- 15. The Growth of Subsidies -- 16. Why They Make Us Poor -- 17. Why They Make Us Fat -- 18. Why They Make Us Hated -- 19. Wrecking the Environment -- 20. Who Benefits -- 21. Power Players -- 22. What Can We Do to Change? -- 23. What Would the World Look like Without Subsidies? -- Conclusion -- Source Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Copyright. 330 $aJust reading the word "subsidies" may cause many people's eyes to glaze over. We don't think it affects us directly, so we tune out. But it turns out that this complicated-sounding issue has an enormous impact on all of us. The Big Handout is about bad fiscal, environmental, agricultural, water, energy, health, and foreign policies. And it's a story about just one thing--subsidies. A subsidy is a grant by the government to a private business that is deemed advantageous to the public. Cotton, wheat, corn, soy, and oil are the most subsidized commodities in the United States. In this eye-opening book, New York Times bestselling author Thomas Kostigen explores government policies that cost taxpayers $200 billion per year, over $1,500 per household. In some cases we pay more for subsidized goods than we'd pay in a free market--and, in the most shocking abuses of the subsidy system, we pay for goods that aren't even produced. The Big Handout exposes how artificial pricing hurts us and people worldwide, from our waistlines and pocketbooks to our health. By revealing just how toxic America's subsidy system has become, for everyone, The Big Handout is a wake-up call that empowers readers to effect change. 517 $aBig Handout 606 $aSubsidies - United States 607 $aUnited States$xCommercial policy 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic policy 615 0$aSubsidies - United States. 676 $a338.1/873 700 $aKostigen$b Thomas M$01240808 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910163886003321 996 $aThe Big Handout$92878559 997 $aUNINA