Taking sides. Clashing views on controversial economic issues / edited, selected, and with introductions by Thomas R. Swartz and Frank J. Bonello.

Contributor(s): Swartz, Thomas R | Bonello, Frank J Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Guilford, CT : Dushkin Pub. Group, c1988. Edition: 4th edDescription: xxxi, 364 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0879677406; 9780879677404Subject(s): United States -- Economic policy -- 1971-1981 | United States -- Economic policy -- 1981-1993DDC classification: 338.9073 LOC classification: HC106.7 | .T34 1988Online resources: WorldCat details

Contents:

TOC Introduction : economics and economists : the basis for controversy -- Are profits the only business of business? / Milton Friedman, Robert Almeder -- Should we try to save the family farm? / Byron Dorgan, Stephan Chapman -- Should we create more competition in the blood-banking industry? / Ross D. Eckert, Joseph R. Bove -- Is "comparable worth" worthless? / Clifford Hackett, Ruth Needleman -- Are there too many hostile takeovers? / Gerald L. Houseman, John D. Paulus, Robert S. Gay -- Should the federal government deregulate American business? / Murray L. Weidenbaum ... [et al.] -- Do firms exploit workers and local communities by closing profitable plants? / Barry Bluestone, Bennett Harrison, Richard B. McKenzie -- Should Congress guarantee U.S. workers the right to parental leave? -- Parental and Medical Leave Act of 1986 -- Is it time to abolish the minimum wage? / ... Teresa Ghilarducci -- Has American government become too big? / William Simon, John Kenneth Galbraith -- Can monetary and fiscal policies still be used to solve our macroeconomic problems? / Walter W. Heller, Marc Levinson -- Is tax reform an impossible dream come true? / Henry J. Aaron, Henning Gutmann -- Is the welfare system causing poverty? / Charles Murray, Richard D. Coe, Greg J. Duncan -- Can federal budget deficits be good for the economy? / Robert Eisner, Paul Wonnacott -- Did monetary policy cause the stock market crash in 1987? / Paul Craig Roberts, James K. Glassman -- Should the U.S. protect domestic industries from foreign competition? / Bob Kuttner, Michael Kinsley -- Will the third world pay its debt? / Gary Hector, Alfred Watkins -- Is the pain and suffering associated with disinvestment and sanctions worth it for black South African workers? / David T. Beaty, Oren Harari, Helen Suzman -- Is the middle class shrinking?/ Katharine L. Bradbury, Frank Levy -- Is manufacturing alive and well and living in the U.S.? / Molly McUsic, Nicholas S. Perna.

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Taking sides. Clashing views on controversial economic issues.
Guilford, CT : Dushkin Pub. Group, c1988
(OCoLC)755266981

Includes bibliographies and index.

TOC Introduction : economics and economists : the basis for controversy --
Are profits the only business of business? / Milton Friedman, Robert Almeder --
Should we try to save the family farm? / Byron Dorgan, Stephan Chapman --
Should we create more competition in the blood-banking industry? / Ross D. Eckert, Joseph R. Bove --
Is "comparable worth" worthless? / Clifford Hackett, Ruth Needleman --
Are there too many hostile takeovers? / Gerald L. Houseman, John D. Paulus, Robert S. Gay --
Should the federal government deregulate American business? / Murray L. Weidenbaum ... [et al.] --
Do firms exploit workers and local communities by closing profitable plants? / Barry Bluestone, Bennett Harrison, Richard B. McKenzie --
Should Congress guarantee U.S. workers the right to parental leave? --
Parental and Medical Leave Act of 1986 --
Is it time to abolish the minimum wage? / ... Teresa Ghilarducci --
Has American government become too big? / William Simon, John Kenneth Galbraith --
Can monetary and fiscal policies still be used to solve our macroeconomic problems? / Walter W. Heller, Marc Levinson --
Is tax reform an impossible dream come true? / Henry J. Aaron, Henning Gutmann --
Is the welfare system causing poverty? / Charles Murray, Richard D. Coe, Greg J. Duncan --
Can federal budget deficits be good for the economy? / Robert Eisner, Paul Wonnacott --
Did monetary policy cause the stock market crash in 1987? / Paul Craig Roberts, James K. Glassman --
Should the U.S. protect domestic industries from foreign competition? / Bob Kuttner, Michael Kinsley --
Will the third world pay its debt? / Gary Hector, Alfred Watkins --
Is the pain and suffering associated with disinvestment and sanctions worth it for black South African workers? / David T. Beaty, Oren Harari, Helen Suzman --
Is the middle class shrinking?/ Katharine L. Bradbury, Frank Levy --
Is manufacturing alive and well and living in the U.S.? / Molly McUsic, Nicholas S. Perna.

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