LEADER 00899nam a2200253 i 4500 001 991003620089707536 008 080514r20081992it a 001 0bita d 020 $a9788804434290 035 $ab13725269-39ule_inst 040 $aFacoltà SSPT$bita 082 0 $a943.03 100 1 $aGerosa, Guido $0133551 245 10$aCarlo 5. :$bun sovrano per due mondi /$cGuido Gerosa 250 $a10. rist. 260 $aMilano :$bA. Mondadori,$c1992$g(rist. 2008) 300 $axxxi, 443 p., [8] c. di tav. :$bill. ;$c20 cm 440 0$aOscar storia ;$v139 600 04$aCarlo$c 907 $a.b13725269$b02-04-14$c14-05-08 912 $a991003620089707536 945 $aLE021 943.03 GER01.01$g1$i2020000003359$lle021$op$pE10.40$q-$rn$s- $t0$u1$v0$w1$x0$y.i14751501$z14-05-08 996 $aCarlo 5.$91229993 997 $aUNISALENTO 998 $ale020$b14-05-08$cm$da $e-$fita$git $h0$i0 LEADER 03660nam 2200565 450 001 9910825267803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-534916-4 010 $a1-4294-0336-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000399488 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24083253 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4703097 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4703097 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11273787 035 $a(OCoLC)476025875 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000399488 100 $a20161013h19991999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aIllusions of prosperity $eAmerica's working families in an age of economic insecurity /$fJoel Blau 210 1$aNew York, New York ;$aLondon, [England] :$cOxford University Press,$d1999. 210 4$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (288 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-19-514606-9 330 $aFaith in the free market has become a basic tenet of public policy debate, but as this text demonstrates, so-called "free market" programmes have been a dismal failure, heightening inequality, lowering the median standard of living, and steadily eroding the quality of our social and political life. 330 $bFaith in the free market - the idea that, for instance, profit-seeking managed care companies will improve the health care delivery system - has become a basic tenet of public policy debate. But as Joel Blau demonstrates in this eye-opening book, so-called "free market" programmes have been a dismal failure, heightening inequality, lowering the median standard of living, and steadily eroding the quality of our social and political life. In Illusions of Prosperity, Blau launches a far-reaching assault on the idea that "the market" knows best. Blau writes that while the share of the national income held by the bottom four fifths of the population (the poor and broad middle class combined) has continued to decline, the top fifth gained 97 percent of the increase in total household income between 1979 and 1994. "Few experiments," Blau comments, "yield such clear outcomes. Although many had hoped to benefit from the new market economy, this affluent fifth is the only segment of the population that truly has." Blau looks at recent reforms in NAFTA, education, job training, welfare, and much more, showing that the new social policies have made matters worse, because reforms that rely on the market can't compensate for the market's deficiencies. Instead, he calls for a stronger, more caring government to counter the debilitating effects of the market, and he urges the development of the broadest possible political alliances to ensure economic security. Sure to raise controversy, Illusions of Prosperity turns today's conventional wisdom inside out, making a profound case for the importance of a strong government in a world where markets do not have all the answers. 606 $aForeign trade and employment$zUnited States 606 $aFree trade$zUnited States 606 $aUnemployment$zUnited States 606 $aPublic welfare$zUnited States 606 $aBusiness relocation$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic policy$y1993-2001 615 0$aForeign trade and employment 615 0$aFree trade 615 0$aUnemployment 615 0$aPublic welfare 615 0$aBusiness relocation 676 $a331.1/0973 700 $aBlau$b Joel$01123428 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825267803321 996 $aIllusions of prosperity$94002838 997 $aUNINA