Are the rich necessary?
Subtitle: great economic arguments and how they reflect our personal values
By: Hunter Lewis
Edition: Updated and expanded ed.
Publisher: Axios Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Mount Jackson, VA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781604190168
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why are we still so poor?; title: The appeal of science; title: Economic arguments; title: Are the rich necessary?-No; title: Are the rich necessary?-Yes; title: Are the rich compatible with democracy?-No; title: Are the rich compatible with democracy?-Yes; title: Are private profits necessary?-No; title: Are private profits necessary?-Yes; title: Are private profits necessary?-No/Yes; title: Are there alternatives to the profit system?-Yes/No; title: Should we accept this degree of inequality?-No/Yes; title: Does the profit system glorify greed?-Yes; title: Does the profit system glorify greed?-Yes, and a good thing; title: Does the profit system glorify greed?-No; title: Can government protect us from the excesses of the profit system?-Yes; title: Can government protect us from the excesses of the profit system?-No; title: Does the profit system cause depressions?-Yes/No; title: Can central banks protect us from depressions and lead the economy?-Yes; title: Can central banks protect us from depressions and lead the economy?-No; title: Does global free trade destroy jobs?-Yes; title: Does global free trade destroy jobs?-No; title: Competing economic value systems; title: Expanding the nonprofit sector.