Current economic issues
Subtitle: readings in  economics, politics, and social policy from Dollars & Sense
By: edited by James Cypher, Smriti Rao, Chris Sturr, and the Dollars & Sense collective
Contributors: Dollars & Sense (Organization)
Edition: 14th edition.
Publisher: Economic Affairs Bureau, Inc., d/b/a Dollars & Sense
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9781878585837
Copyright date: 2010
Subjects: Economic policy; Social conditions; Economic conditions; Social policy; Economic history
Other titles: Dollars & sense (Somerville, Mass.)
Notes: Collection of articles previously published in Dollars and Sense.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1: The economic crisis. Inequality, power, and ideology / Arthur MacEwan; title: Capitalism hits the fan / Richard D. Wolff; title: Derivatives and deregulation / Marty Wolfson; title: How to stop the foreclosures / Fred Moselely; title: (Ecomonic) freedom's just another word for...crisis-prone / John Miller; title: Why won't the economy spring back? / James M. Cypher. Chapter 2: Banking and bailouts. Not too big enough / Rob Larson; title: Bonanzas as usual / Rob Larson; title: The sad future of banking / William K. Black; title: The bailouts revisited / Marty Wolfson; title: Of bubbles and bailouts / Mary Bottari. Chapter 3: The global financial sector. The giant pool of money / Arthur MacEwan; title: Is China's currency manipulation hurting the United States? / Arthur MacEwan; title: Who wins when the dollar loses value? / Arthur MacEwan; title: Beyond the world creditors' cartel / Dariush Sokolov; title: Pressure from the bond market / Arthur MacEwan; title: Greece as a demonstration project / Mike-Frank Epitropoulos. Chapter 4: Stimulus and deficits. Myths of the deficit / Marty Wolfson; title: The deficit: real issues, phony debates / Richard D. Wolff; title: State budget blues / Marianne Hill; title: The economic crisis in the states / Gerald Friedman; title: How I learned to stop worrying and love the deficit / John Miller; title: Stimulating whining / John Miller. Chapter 5: The labor market and unemployment. Unemployment: how bad for how long? / Fred Moseley; title: Employers go on strike, because they can / John Miller; title: Unemployment insurance: a broken system / Marianne Hill; title: Gender and the recession / Heather Boushey; title: Mining the golden years / Rob Larson; title: How blacks might fare in a jobless recovery / Sylvia Allegretto and Steven Pitts. Chapter 6: Labor movements in a global economy. The global crisis and the world labor movement / Dan LaBotz; title: Creating decent jobs: the role of unions / Jeannette Wicks-Lin; title: On strike in China / Chris Tilly and Marie Kennedy; title: The assault on labor in Cananea, Mexico / Anne Fischel and Lin Nelson; title: Worker direct action grows in wake of financial meltdown / Immanuel Ness and Stacy Warner Maddern. Chapter 7: The environment. Climate economics in four easy pieces / Frank Ackerman; title: Saving energy creates jobs / Heidi Garrett-Peltier; title: Keep it in the ground / Elissa Dennis; title: A tale of two spills / Antonia Juhasz; title: Bankruptcy as corporate makeover / Anne Fischel, Mara Kardas-Nelson, and Lin Nelson. Chapter 8: Social policy: health care and Social Security. Paying more, getting less / Joel A. Harrison; title: Health-care reform: will it work? / Marianne Hill; title: The "Obamacare" tax hike and redistribution / John Miller; title: Go ahead and lift the cap / John Miller; title: Hard work at an advanced age / Amy Gluckman. Chapter 9: Militarism and empire. Empire and entitlements / Arthur MacEwan; title: The true cost of oil / Anita Dancs; title: Synergy in security / Tom Barry; title: A greater threat? / Amy Gluckman; title: Is military Keynesianism the solution? / Heidi Garrett-Peltier; title: Haiti's fault lines: made in the U.S.A. / Marie Kennedy and Chris Tilly. Chapter 10: Class and inequality. Have the rich won? / Sam Pizzigati; title: Same output + fewer hours = economic crisis? / Alejandro Reuss; title: Bad news, good news, and class conflict / John Miller; title: The undeserving rich / Gar Alperovitz and Lew Daly; title: Inequality: bad for your health: an interview with Ichiro Kawachi.