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  • Seven Bad Ideas

    How Mainstream Economists Have Damaged America and the World

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    A bold indictment of some of our most accepted mainstream economic theories—why they’re wrong, and how they’ve been harming America and the world.Budget deficits are bad. A strong dollar is good. Controlling inflation is paramount. Pay reflects greater worker skills. A deregulated free market is fair and effective. Theories like these have become mantras among American economists both liberal and ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • Invisible Americans

    The Tragic Cost of Child Poverty

    de Jeff Madrick ...
    "A clarion call to address this most unjust blight upon the American landscape. Madrick has provided a valuable service in presenting a highly readable and cogent argument for change."--Mark R. Rank, The Washington PostBy official count, more than one out of every six American children live beneath the poverty line. But statistics alone tell little of the story. In Invisible Americans, Jeff ... Leer más

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  • Age of Greed

    The Triumph of Finance and the Decline of America, 1970 to the Present

    de Jeff Madrick ...
    **A vivid history of the recent economics of greed in the United States. This book explores how the pursuit of immense personal wealth has led to economic inequity and instability in the country.“A fascinating and deeply disturbing tale of hypocrisy, corruption, and insatiable greed. . . . A much-needed reminder of just how we got into the mess we’re in.”—The New York Review of Books**Age of Greed ... Leer más

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  • The Culture of Contentment

    The world has become increasingly separated into the haves and have-nots. In The Culture of Contentment, renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith shows how a contented class—not the privileged few but the socially and economically advantaged majority—defend their comfortable status at a cost. Middle-class voting against regulation and increased taxation that would remedy pressing social ills has ... Leer más

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  • How Big Should Our Government Be?

    The size of government is arguably the most controversial discussion in United States politics, and this issue won't fade from prominence any time soon. There must surely be a tipping point beyond which more government taxing and spending harms the economy, but where is that point? In this accessible book, best-selling authors Jeff Madrick, Jon Bakija, Lane Kenworthy, and Peter Lindert try to ... Leer más

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  • The Case for Big Government

    de Jeff Madrick ...
    Series series The Public Square
    Political conservatives have long believed that the best government is a small government. But if this were true, noted economist Jeff Madrick argues, the nation would not be experiencing stagnant wages, rising health care costs, increasing unemployment, and concentrations of wealth for a narrow elite. In this perceptive and eye-opening book, Madrick proves that an engaged government--a big ... Leer más

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    Seven Bad Ideas

    How Mainstream Economists Have Damaged America and the World

    de Jeff Madrick ...
    Narrado por Adam Grupper ...

    Completo

    7 hora 41 minutos

    The author of the widely praised Age of Greed now gives us a bold indictment of some of our most accepted economic theories - why they're wrong, the harm they've done, and the theories that would vastly improve them. Jeff Madrick, a former columnist for The New York Times, is an economics columnist for Harper's, a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books, and editor of Challenge ... Leer más

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    Invisible Americans

    The Tragic Cost of Child Poverty

    de Jeff Madrick ...
    Narrado por Holter Graham ...

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    4 hora 56 minutos

    "A clarion call to address this most unjust blight upon the American landscape. Madrick has provided a valuable service in presenting a highly readable and cogent argument for change."--Mark R. Rank, The Washington PostBy official count, more than one out of every six American children live beneath the poverty line. But statistics alone tell little of the story. In Invisible Americans, Jeff ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

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