The fifteen biggest lies about the economy : and everything else the right doesn't want you to know about taxes, jobs, and corporate America /
Joshua Holland.
Bok Engelsk 2010 Joshua. Holland,· Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Hoboken, N.J. : Chichester : : Wiley ; : John Wiley [distributor], , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (vii, 296 p. ) : ill.
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| Opplysninger | "An AlterNet book"--Cover.. - Formerly CIP.. - Acknowledgments. Introduction. How our conventional wisdom fails us. A Closer Look: "This Modern World" by Tom Tomorrow. 1. Conservatives Don't Want Good Government. Don't believe that limited government means anything would be better for you, personally. A Closer Look: Is Big Business Passing Itself Off as "Small Business"? 2. It's Not Your Fault There Aren't Enough Good Jobs. Don't believe America is still the land of opportunity. A Closer Look: Is the Value of Education Declining? 3. There Is No Free Market. Don't believe that modern markets exist without government. A Closer Look: "Troubletown: Fanning the Flames of Class Warfare" by Lloyd Dangle. 4. How Could Anyone Believe the Big Banks Are Victims? Don't believe that the housing crisis was caused by poor people. A Closer Look: Were the Titans of Finance Really Too Big to Fail? 5. Tax Cuts Aren't a Solution to Every Problem. Don't believe the conservatives' magic bullet for economic woes. A Closer Look: No, Tax Cuts Don't Always Generate Jobs and Prosperity. 6. Republicans Have Never Cared about the Deficit. Don't believe there's a budget apocalypse just over the horizon. A Closer Look: How More Government (of One Sort) Brings Greater Individual Liberty and Personal Choice. 7. America Has No Respect for Family Values. Don't believe that women choose motherhood over work (or vice versa). A Closer Look: The Myth of the Pipeline: Why Women Aren't Poised to Shatter the Glass Ceiling. 8. Our Health-Care System Is a Huge Rip-Off. Don't believe we have the greatest health care in the world a closer look: The Health-Care Economy. 9. Obama Is Not a Socialist. Don't believe that those poor, oppressed corporations need saving. A Closer Look: "Corporate America Had a Dream, Too" by Matt Bors. 10. Green Jobs Are a Great Idea. Don't believe that environmental activists want to ruin the economy A Closer Look: Why a Gallon of Gas Should Cost. - Taxes kill growth. Labor unions hurt their members. Government regulation destroys jobs. These are just a few of the biggest lies in the web of misinformation spun by conservatives and the Chamber of Commerce. The author dissects each fiction to show how the Right is just plain wrong on the economy.. - Electronic reproduction.
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| ISBN | 9780470643921
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