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200 10$aSmart economics$b[electronic resource] $ecommonsense answers to 50 questions about government, taxes, business, and households /$fMichael L. Walden
210   $aWestport, Conn. $cPraeger$d2005
215   $a1 online resource (217 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [185]-202) and index.
327   $aContents; 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; Index
330   $aBudget 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 political
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