The Economists' Voice : : Top Economists Take On Today's Problems / / ed. by Joseph E. Stiglitz, J. Bradford DeLong, Aaron S. Edlin.

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• MitwirkendeR: Arrow, Kenneth J.,; Baker, Dean,; Barder, Owen,; Barrow, Lisa,; Becker, Gary S.,; Bergmann, Barbara R.,; Blank, Rebecca M.,; Boskin, Michael J.,; Currie, Janet,; DeLong, J. Bradford,; Donohue, John,; Edlin, Aaron S.,; Farrell, Diana,; Feldstein, Martin,; Frank, Robert H.,; Frey, Bruno S.,; Fullerton, Don,; Geruso, Michael,; Glaeser, Edward L.,; Graetz, Michael J.,; Jaffee, Dwight M.,; Kremer, Michael,; Krugman, Paul,; Lazear, Edward P.,; McKinnon, Ronald I.,; Olmstead, Sheila M.,; Posner, Richard A.,; Rouse, Cecilia Elena,; Rubin, Paul H.,; Schelling, Thomas C.,; Shiller, Robert J.,; Stavins, Robert N.,; Stiglitz, Joseph E.,; Wallsten, Scott,; Williams, Heidi,; Wolfers, Justin J.,
• HerausgeberIn: DeLong, J. Bradford,; Edlin, Aaron S.,; Stiglitz, Joseph E.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Part I: Global Warming --; 1. Climate Change: The Uncertainties, the Certainties, and What They Imply About Action --; 2. Global Climate Change: A Challenge to Policy --; 3. A New Agenda for Global Warming --; 4. A Meaningful Second Commitment Period for the Kyoto Protocol --; Part II: The International Economy --; 5. Divergent Views on the Coming Dollar Crisis --; 6. U.S. Offshoring: Small Steps to Make It Win- Win --; 7. Advance Market Commitments: How to Stimulate Investment in Vaccines for Neglected Diseases --; 8. Should We Still Support Untrammeled International Capital Mobility? Or Are Capital Controls Less Evil Than We Once Believed? --; Part III: Economics of the Iraq War --; 9. The Economic Cost of the Iraq War --; 10. The High Cost of the Iraq War --; Part IV: Fiscal Policy --; 11. Sense and Nonsense About Federal Deficits and Debt --; 12. Government Deficits and the Deindustrialization of America --; 13. Confusions About Social Security --; 14. The Many Definitions of Social Security Privatization --; 15. The Virtues of Personal Accounts for Social Security --; 16. Could Social Security Go Broke? --; Part VI: Tax Reform --; 17. A Broader Perspective on the Tax Reform Debate --; 18. Tax Reform: Time for a Plan C? --; 19. Taxes on Investment Income Remain Too High and Lead to Multiple Distortions --; 20. Progressive Consumption Taxation as a Remedy for the U.S. Savings Shortfall --; Part VII: Social Policy --; 21. Was Welfare Reform Successful? --; 22. Cutting the Safety Net One Strand at a Time --; 23. The Choose- Your- Charity Tax: A Way to Incentivize Greater Giving --; 24. Should the Government Rebuild New Orleans or Just Give Residents Checks? --; 25. Does College Still Pay? --; 26. How to Deal with Terrorism --; Part VIII: The Death Penalty --; 27. The Economics of Capital Punishment --; 28. On the Economics of Capital Punishment --; 29. The Death Penalty: No Evidence for Deterrence --; 30. Reply to Donohue and Wolfers on the Death Penalty and Deterrence --; 31. Letter: A Reply to Rubin on the Death Penalty --; 32. Reply: The Death Penalty Once More --; Part IX: Real Estate --; 33. Long- Term Perspectives on the Current Boom in Home Prices --; 34. The Menace of an Unchecked Housing Bubble --; 35. What to Do About Fannie and Freddie? --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231527866; 9783110442472
• DOI: 10.7312/stig14364
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Joseph E. Stiglitz, J. Bradford DeLong, Aaron S. Edlin.