Research Catalog

Title

Getting it right : markets and choices in a free society / Robert J. Barro.

Author

Barro, Robert J.

Publication

Cambridge, Ma : MIT Press, 1996.

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Description

xv, 191 pages; 21 cm

Subject

• Free enterprise
• Libertarianism
• Right of property
• Democracy
• Economic policy

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

• 1. Economic Growth. Democracy and Growth. Eastern Germany and the Iron Law of Convergence. New and Old Theories of Economic Growth. A Tale of Two Cities (Growth in Hong Kong and Singapore). The Optimal Size of a Nation, or the Attractions of Secession. Europe's Road to Serfdom: A Perspective on European Union. Default on Sovereign Debt. Democracy and Growth in Peru -- 2. Monetary and Financial Policy. Argentina and Mexico: Latin Lessons in Monetary Policy. Monetary Policy: A Matter of Commitment. Guilt and Glory at the Bank of England. The Attractions of Price Stability -- 3. Fiscal and Other Macroeconomic Policies. Economic Report Cards on U.S. Presidents and U.K. Prime Ministers. Economic Advisers and Economic Outcomes. How Important Are Budget Deficits? Indexed Bonds. A Program for Macroeconomic Policy. President Bush's Last Fiscal Proposals. Infrastructure Investment and Other Public Spending. Inequality. Soaking the Rich. Retroactivity and Other Capital Levies --
• 4. The Power of Economic Reasoning. The First Annual Contest for Best Monopoly in America. This Tax Amnesty Will Work Only Once. School Choice. Privatization American Style. Second-Hand Smoke. How Much Is an Endangered Species Worth? Baseball Economics. Term Limits. George Stigler and the Chicago School. A Nobel Prize for Bob Lucas. Oh to Be in England.

ISBN

026202408X (alk. paper)

LCCN

95026220

OCLC

• 33443676
• ocm33443676

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries