The Economists' Voice : : Top Economists Take On Today's Problems /

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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (328 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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