Economic Policy category: 3057 books
The Work Versus Welfare Trade-off: 2018
An Analysis of the Total Level of Welfare Benefits by State
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
In 1995, the Cato Institute published a groundbreaking study, The Work Versus Welfare Trade-Off, which estimated the value of the full package of welfare benefits available to a typical recipient in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. It found that not only did the value of such benefits...
Death by a Thousand Cuts
The Fight over Taxing Inherited Wealth
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
This fast-paced book by Yale professors Michael Graetz and Ian Shapiro unravels the following mystery: How is it that the estate tax, which has been on the books continuously since 1916 and is paid by only the wealthiest two percent of Americans, was repealed in 2001 with broad bipartisan support?...
Tax Is Not a Four-Letter Word
A Different Take on Taxes in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Conclusion
Alex Himelfarb
The Conclusion pulls the diverse threads of the book together, concluding with prospects and options for the future. It focuses on how we might change the conversation about taxes.
America's Ticking Bankruptcy Bomb
How the Looming Debt Crisis Threatens the American Dream-and How We Can Turn the Tide Before It's Too Late
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
In America’s Ticking Bankruptcy Bomb, conservative policy expert Peter Ferrara explores the issue that will be THE hot-button topic from now until the 2012 presidential election: the looming bankruptcy of the federal government of the United States of America. Providing indisputable evidence that...
by Peter Mr. Heller, Sanjeev Mr. Gupta
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2002
by Peter Mr. Heller
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2005
With new initiatives to provide low income countries with external assistance in support of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), donors and NGOs are seeking to understand whether "fiscal space" can be provided in the context of IMF-supported programs to support these initiatives. This paper defines...
So Rich, So Poor
Why It's so Hard to End Poverty in America
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
“A competent, thorough assessment from a veteran expert in the field.” —*KirkusReviews***
Income disparities in our wealthy nation are wider than at any point since the Great Depression. The structure of today’s economy has stultified wage growth for half of America’s workers—with...
Spreading the Wealth
How Obama is Robbing the Suburbs to Pay for the Cities
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
When Barack Obama told “Joe the Plumber” that he wanted to “spread the wealth around,” he wasn’t just using a figure of speech.
Since the 2008 campaign, Stanley Kurtz has established himself as one of Barack Obama’s most effective and well-informed critics. He was the first to expose...
War on the Middle Class
How the Government, Big Business, and Special Interest Groups Are Waging War ont he American Dream and How to Fight Back
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2006
Lou Dobbs's bestselling exposé of the silent assault on the living standards of ordinary Americans
Millions of TV viewers have known Lou Dobbs for years as the Walter Cronkite of economics coverage, and now the anchor has become the preeminent champion of the common man and the good of the...
The Radical Center
The Future of American Politics
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2002
Record numbers of Americans describe themselves as “independents” and reject the conventional agendas of Left and Right. In this widely acclaimed book, Ted Halstead and Michael Lind explain why today’s ideologies and institutions are so ill-suited to the Information Age, and offer a groundbreaking...
The Making of a Post-Keynesian Economist
Cambridge Harvest
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
The Making of a Post-Keynesian Economist: Cambridge Harvest gathers up the threads of the last decade of the author's twenty eight years in Cambridge, before his return to Australia. The essays include autobiography, theory, review articles, surveys, policy, intellectual biographies and tributes, and general essays.
Greece, Financialization and the EU
The Political Economy of Debt and Destruction
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
The debt crisis in Greece has sparked lively debates about the origins of the crisis and policy measures to be adopted in order to fix it. The authors offer the first original and comprehensive narrative on Greece.
New Paradigms for Financial Regulation
Emerging Market Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
The global financial crisis has led to a sweeping reevaluation of financial market regulation and macroeconomic policies. Emerging markets need to balance the goals of financial development and broader financial inclusion with the imperative of strengthening macroeconomic and financial stability....
by International Monetary Fund. Independent Evaluation Office
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2008