The Big Handout : How Government Subsidies and Corporate Welfare Corrupt the World We Live in and Wreak Havoc on Our Food Bills
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| Autore: |
Kostigen Thomas M
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| Titolo: |
The Big Handout : How Government Subsidies and Corporate Welfare Corrupt the World We Live in and Wreak Havoc on Our Food Bills
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| Pubblicazione: | Gordonsville : , : Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale, , 2011 |
| ©2011 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (230 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 338.1/873 |
| Soggetto topico: | Subsidies - United States |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Commercial policy |
| United States Economic policy | |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Just 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. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Big Handout |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Big Handout |
| ISBN: | 1-60961-318-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910163886003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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