The unaffordable nation
Subtitle: searching for a decent life in America
By: Jeffrey Jones.
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Amherst, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781591025153
Subjects: Cost and standard of living -- United States; Public welfare -- United States; United States -- Social policy -- 1993-
Description: "The Unaffordable Nation is a must read for any American concerned with the decreasing value of his or her labor when compared to the increasing cost of nearly everything else."--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Leibniz in economics; title: The unaffordable nation; title: Of lawsuits and lotteries; title: Traditionalism and the rise of the credit welfare system; title: An examination of a noble sentiment; title: The billionaire and the destitute man : unaffordability as a political problem; title: Poor choice, poor justice, poor luck; title: Poor choice : the American hatred of paupers; title: Poor justice : injustice and the golden rule; title: Poor luck : the inequity of disability and other struggles; title: The covenant on affordability; title: The covenant on affordability; title: Some applications : corporations, immigration and trade; title: Conclusion : stand fast young, old mule.