economic policy

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economic policy

The enigma of Japanese power

people and politics in a stateless nation
1990
Offers a critical analysis of Japan's political and industrial system, discussing how they have been influenced by world events, cultural shifts, and social developments.

FDR's folly

how Roosevelt and his New Deal prolonged the Great Depression
2003
Argues that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal programs deepened the Great Depression, slowed economic growth, and hurt America's future by expanding the federal government, raising taxes, developing Social Security, and making new labor laws.

Castro's Cuba

2004
Eyewitness accounts help describe the political, social, economic, and cultural atmosphere of Cuba under the rule of Fidel Castro.

No, they can't

why government fails--but individuals succeed
2012
Journalist John Stossel shares his opinions on the United States government, addressing the role the government plays in solving our problems and rethinking our lives as independent individuals, and discussing big business, tax breaks, jobs, free trade, gun control, and more.

The price of politics

2012
Documents Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress' efforts to restore the American economy since 2009. Details the policymaking efforts that defined this process and reveals why they failed to set the country back on track.

End this depression now!

2012
Identifies the factors that triggered the ongoing economic recession and discusses how these issues can be directly addressed in order to turn the economy around. Argues that political will is necessary to produce change and demonstrates how these priorities can be addressed as soon as possible.

Hard heads, soft hearts

tough-minded economics for a just society
1987
A discussion of economic policy in the United States, presenting examples of how and why policy goes wrong; arguing that politicians often reject sensible economic policies to follow a course they believe to be politically correct; and offering a nonpartisan vision for the future of the economy.

America

what went wrong?
1992
Articles and graphics describe economic conditions since the 1980s and their effect on the nation.

Economic sanity or collapse

including the Roman-Loebl approach to economics
1980
Analyzes the American economy and economic policies and proposes the Roman-Loebl economic theories as a means of solving current problems and preventing future ones.

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