The terrible 10 : a century of economic folly / / Burton A. Abrams
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Abrams Burton A
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| Titolo: |
The terrible 10 : a century of economic folly / / Burton A. Abrams
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| Pubblicazione: | Oakland, California : , : The Independent Institute, , [2013] |
| ©2013 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (210 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 330.973/091 |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Economic policy 20th century |
| United States Economic conditions 20th century | |
| United States Social conditions 20th century | |
| United States Politics and government 20th century | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 Tricks |
| 9. 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | <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. <I |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Terrible ten |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The terrible 10 |
| ISBN: | 1-59813-142-7 |
| 1-59813-144-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910815689303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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