TY - BOOK AU - Swartz,Thomas R. AU - Bonello,Frank J. TI - Taking sides SN - 0879677406 AV - HC106.7 .T34 1988 U1 - 338.9073 PY - 1988/// CY - Guilford, CT PB - Dushkin Pub. Group KW - United States KW - Economic policy KW - 1971-1981 KW - 1981-1993 N1 - Online version: 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; Economics UR - http://www.worldcat.org/title/taking-sides-clashing-views-on-controversial-economic-issues/oclc/17486972&referer=brief_results ER -