A world of wealth
Subtitle: how capitalism turns profits into progress
By: Thomas G. Donlan.
Publisher: FT Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Capitalism -- United States; Free enterprise -- United States
Description: "Throughout history, people have tried many ways of building wealth and driving progress. One has consistently worked best: capitalism. This book explains why free markets and free enterprise are so successful and demonstrates how they offer the best solutions for today's most challenging problems." "Barron's Editorial Page Editor Thomas G. Donlan starts by explaining why markets are such efficient allocators of wealth, income, labor, goods, and everything else. It's possible to imagine kinder, more just, more equitable outcomes than what the markets deliver, says Donlan, but it's impossible to engineer those outcomes without disastrous consequences. Then, one issue at a time, he focuses on the greatest challenges facing America and the world."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: The capitalist answer to the "energy crisis" : pay higher prices; title: The capitalist approach to environmental pollution and global warming : breathe easy; title: A prescription for trade : free exchange enriches both sides of every deal; title: Immigration : tear down the walls; title: The essential elements of capitalism : investment and invention; title: The capitalist take on taxes : keep taxes low and equal; title: The capitalist fights low finance : price controls and regulation endanger the free market; title: A disagnosis for the high cost of health care : pay what it's worth; title: The capitalist approaches retirement : security is an individual's problem first; title: Debt : the seeds of disaster; title: The bottom line : inequality fuels economic growth for all.