num_pages: 200
description: The economic news of the last several years has been remarkable -- from the collapse of the "New Economy" to the buildup of a war economy. The eighth edition of Current Economic Issues is an invaluable tool for understanding the economics behind the headlines. Its 46 articles offer progressive perspectives on major economic news stories, along the way debunking dozens of myths broadcast by the business press. The book opens with a post-mortem on the 1990s boom and the stock market crash. It takes a critical look at the crackdown on workers and the labor movement since September 11, 2001, and showcases new labor organizing. Three chapters scrutinize the Bush administration’s fiscal policies, pointing out the problems with tax cuts for the wealthy, rollbacks in social spending, and proposals to privatize Social Security. Final chapters critique the global spread of neoliberalism and the economics of the "War on Terror," and look at underreported efforts to advance economic alternatives. The readable articles in Current Economic Issues are drawn from the pages of Dollars &amp; Sense, the bimonthly magazine of popular economics. Dollars &amp; Sense also publishes the books Real World Macro, Real World Micro, Real World Globalization, Real World Banking, The Environment in Crisis, Introduction to Political Economy, and Unlevel Playing Understanding Wage Inequality and Discrimination.
language: English
title: Current Economic Issues, 8th edition
titlecomplete: Current Economic Issues, 8th edition
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Dollars & Sense/Economic Affairs Bureau, Inc.