The economists' voice : top economists take on today's problems / / Joseph E. Stiglitz, Aaron S. Edlin, J. Bradford DeLong, editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; Chichester, England : , : Columbia University Press, , 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 330.9/0511 |
Soggetto topico | Environmental policy - United States - History - 21st century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-231-52786-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- 1. Climate Change: The Uncertainties, the Certainties, and What They Imply About Action -- 2. Global Climate Change: A Challenge to Policy -- 3. A New Agenda for Global Warming -- 4. A Meaningful Second Commitment Period for the Kyoto Protocol -- 5. Divergent Views on the Coming Dollar Crisis -- 6. U.S. Offshoring: Small Steps to Make It Win- Win -- 7. Advance Market Commitments: How to Stimulate Investment in Vaccines for Neglected Diseases -- 8. Should We Still Support Untrammeled International Capital Mobility? Or Are Capital Controls Less Evil Than We Once Believed? -- 9. The Economic Cost of the Iraq War -- 10. The High Cost of the Iraq War -- 11. Sense and Nonsense About Federal Deficits and Debt -- 12. Government Deficits and the Deindustrialization of America -- 13. Confusions About Social Security -- 14. The Many Definitions of Social Security Privatization -- 15. The Virtues of Personal Accounts for Social Security -- 16. Could Social Security Go Broke? -- 17. A Broader Perspective on the Tax Reform Debate -- 18. Tax Reform: Time for a Plan C? -- 19. Taxes on Investment Income Remain Too High and Lead to Multiple Distortions -- 20. Progressive Consumption Taxation as a Remedy for the U.S. Savings Shortfall -- 21. Was Welfare Reform Successful? -- 22. Cutting the Safety Net One Strand at a Time -- 23. The Choose- Your- Charity Tax: A Way to Incentivize Greater Giving -- 24. Should the Government Rebuild New Orleans or Just Give Residents Checks? -- 25. Does College Still Pay? -- 26. How to Deal with Terrorism -- 27. The Economics of Capital Punishment -- 28. On the Economics of Capital Punishment -- 29. The Death Penalty: No Evidence for Deterrence -- 30. Reply to Donohue and Wolfers on the Death Penalty and Deterrence -- 31. Letter: A Reply to Rubin on the Death Penalty -- 32. Reply: The Death Penalty Once More -- 33. Long- Term Perspectives on the Current Boom in Home Prices -- 34. The Menace of an Unchecked Housing Bubble -- 35. What to Do About Fannie and Freddie? -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463419903321 |
New York ; ; Chichester, England : , : Columbia University Press, , 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The economists' voice : top economists take on today's problems / / Joseph E. Stiglitz, Aaron S. Edlin, J. Bradford DeLong, editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; Chichester, England : , : Columbia University Press, , 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 330.9/0511 |
Soggetto topico | Environmental policy - United States - History - 21st century |
ISBN | 0-231-52786-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- 1. Climate Change: The Uncertainties, the Certainties, and What They Imply About Action -- 2. Global Climate Change: A Challenge to Policy -- 3. A New Agenda for Global Warming -- 4. A Meaningful Second Commitment Period for the Kyoto Protocol -- 5. Divergent Views on the Coming Dollar Crisis -- 6. U.S. Offshoring: Small Steps to Make It Win- Win -- 7. Advance Market Commitments: How to Stimulate Investment in Vaccines for Neglected Diseases -- 8. Should We Still Support Untrammeled International Capital Mobility? Or Are Capital Controls Less Evil Than We Once Believed? -- 9. The Economic Cost of the Iraq War -- 10. The High Cost of the Iraq War -- 11. Sense and Nonsense About Federal Deficits and Debt -- 12. Government Deficits and the Deindustrialization of America -- 13. Confusions About Social Security -- 14. The Many Definitions of Social Security Privatization -- 15. The Virtues of Personal Accounts for Social Security -- 16. Could Social Security Go Broke? -- 17. A Broader Perspective on the Tax Reform Debate -- 18. Tax Reform: Time for a Plan C? -- 19. Taxes on Investment Income Remain Too High and Lead to Multiple Distortions -- 20. Progressive Consumption Taxation as a Remedy for the U.S. Savings Shortfall -- 21. Was Welfare Reform Successful? -- 22. Cutting the Safety Net One Strand at a Time -- 23. The Choose- Your- Charity Tax: A Way to Incentivize Greater Giving -- 24. Should the Government Rebuild New Orleans or Just Give Residents Checks? -- 25. Does College Still Pay? -- 26. How to Deal with Terrorism -- 27. The Economics of Capital Punishment -- 28. On the Economics of Capital Punishment -- 29. The Death Penalty: No Evidence for Deterrence -- 30. Reply to Donohue and Wolfers on the Death Penalty and Deterrence -- 31. Letter: A Reply to Rubin on the Death Penalty -- 32. Reply: The Death Penalty Once More -- 33. Long- Term Perspectives on the Current Boom in Home Prices -- 34. The Menace of an Unchecked Housing Bubble -- 35. What to Do About Fannie and Freddie? -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788220303321 |
New York ; ; Chichester, England : , : Columbia University Press, , 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The economists' voice : top economists take on today's problems / / Joseph E. Stiglitz, Aaron S. Edlin, J. Bradford DeLong, editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; Chichester, England : , : Columbia University Press, , 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 330.9/0511 |
Soggetto topico | Environmental policy - United States - History - 21st century |
ISBN | 0-231-52786-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- 1. Climate Change: The Uncertainties, the Certainties, and What They Imply About Action -- 2. Global Climate Change: A Challenge to Policy -- 3. A New Agenda for Global Warming -- 4. A Meaningful Second Commitment Period for the Kyoto Protocol -- 5. Divergent Views on the Coming Dollar Crisis -- 6. U.S. Offshoring: Small Steps to Make It Win- Win -- 7. Advance Market Commitments: How to Stimulate Investment in Vaccines for Neglected Diseases -- 8. Should We Still Support Untrammeled International Capital Mobility? Or Are Capital Controls Less Evil Than We Once Believed? -- 9. The Economic Cost of the Iraq War -- 10. The High Cost of the Iraq War -- 11. Sense and Nonsense About Federal Deficits and Debt -- 12. Government Deficits and the Deindustrialization of America -- 13. Confusions About Social Security -- 14. The Many Definitions of Social Security Privatization -- 15. The Virtues of Personal Accounts for Social Security -- 16. Could Social Security Go Broke? -- 17. A Broader Perspective on the Tax Reform Debate -- 18. Tax Reform: Time for a Plan C? -- 19. Taxes on Investment Income Remain Too High and Lead to Multiple Distortions -- 20. Progressive Consumption Taxation as a Remedy for the U.S. Savings Shortfall -- 21. Was Welfare Reform Successful? -- 22. Cutting the Safety Net One Strand at a Time -- 23. The Choose- Your- Charity Tax: A Way to Incentivize Greater Giving -- 24. Should the Government Rebuild New Orleans or Just Give Residents Checks? -- 25. Does College Still Pay? -- 26. How to Deal with Terrorism -- 27. The Economics of Capital Punishment -- 28. On the Economics of Capital Punishment -- 29. The Death Penalty: No Evidence for Deterrence -- 30. Reply to Donohue and Wolfers on the Death Penalty and Deterrence -- 31. Letter: A Reply to Rubin on the Death Penalty -- 32. Reply: The Death Penalty Once More -- 33. Long- Term Perspectives on the Current Boom in Home Prices -- 34. The Menace of an Unchecked Housing Bubble -- 35. What to Do About Fannie and Freddie? -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824872903321 |
New York ; ; Chichester, England : , : Columbia University Press, , 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reckless [[electronic resource] ] : the political assault on the American environment / / Bob Deans |
Autore | Deans Bob |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (132 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.70973 |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental degradation - United States - History - 21st century
Environmental policy - United States - History - 21st century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4422-1798-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Wasteland -- From the mountains to the sea -- It's not about jobs -- It's about profits -- Putting the country at risk -- A radical departure -- Corporate clout & Tea Party rage -- Epilogue : a better land. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463077903321 |
Deans Bob | ||
Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reckless [[electronic resource] ] : the political assault on the American environment / / Bob Deans |
Autore | Deans Bob |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (132 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.70973 |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental degradation - United States - History - 21st century
Environmental policy - United States - History - 21st century |
ISBN | 1-4422-1798-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Wasteland -- From the mountains to the sea -- It's not about jobs -- It's about profits -- Putting the country at risk -- A radical departure -- Corporate clout & Tea Party rage -- Epilogue : a better land. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787327903321 |
Deans Bob | ||
Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reckless [[electronic resource] ] : the political assault on the American environment / / Bob Deans |
Autore | Deans Bob |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (132 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.70973 |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental degradation - United States - History - 21st century
Environmental policy - United States - History - 21st century |
ISBN | 1-4422-1798-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Wasteland -- From the mountains to the sea -- It's not about jobs -- It's about profits -- Putting the country at risk -- A radical departure -- Corporate clout & Tea Party rage -- Epilogue : a better land. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828735903321 |
Deans Bob | ||
Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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