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We are better than this : how government should spend our money
- Title
- We are better than this : how government should spend our money / Edward D. Kleinbard.
- Author
- Kleinbard, Edward D.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JBE 15-92 | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xxvii, 509 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- "A book which examines how government - which is to say, all of us, acting collectively - can make our country healthier, wealthier and happier, if we put government to useful work in those areas where it most productively complements our private markets"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-482) and index.
- Contents
- Our fiscal soul in Peril -- The happiness of society -- Our descent from moral philosophy to narcissism -- Our dismal report card -- Inequality defenders, deniers and dissemblers -- The growth fairy -- Starving our fiscal soul -- A field guide to false fiscal crises -- An overweight government? Are high taxes killing us? -- The hidden hand of government spending -- Reclaiming our fiscal soul -- Government investment -- Government as insurer -- From progressive tax to progressive fiscal system -- The better base case -- We are better than this.
- Call Number
- JBE 15-92
- ISBN
- 9780199332243
- 019933224X
- LCCN
- 2014024466
- OCLC
- 2014024466
- Author
- Kleinbard, Edward D.
- Title
- We are better than this : how government should spend our money / Edward D. Kleinbard.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-482) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JBE 15-92