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.
- 1 online resource (328 p.)
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
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780231143653 9780231527866
10.7312/stig14364 doi
Environmental policy--Economic aspects--United States.
Environmental policy--History--United States--21st century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic Conditions.
HC106.83 / .E26 2015
330.973093
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
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780231143653 9780231527866
10.7312/stig14364 doi
Environmental policy--Economic aspects--United States.
Environmental policy--History--United States--21st century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic Conditions.
HC106.83 / .E26 2015
330.973093