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Millions of Americans don't earn enough money to pay for decent housing, food, health care, and education. Meanwhile the rich keep getting richer. Learn how governments, businesses, and citizens are fighting to close the economic gap.
"Did you know that the four richest Americans have as much wealth as the 128 million poorest Americans combined? And that in many US companies, the CEO earns about 340 times more than the rank-and-file employee? Statistics...
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Pantheon Books
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[2017]
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English
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Outlines a deconstruction of the framework for understanding the world of classroom economics, clarifying assumptions and misleading teachings while sharing historical insights into how economism became a prevalent influence in the U.S.
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PublicAffairs
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[2013]
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English
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Surveys the widely different economic experiments in India since their independence and argues that economic growth led by markets overseen and supported by liberal state policies will be the only means for relieving extreme poverty.
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Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"China's economy has been booming for decades now. Keyu Jin, an economist who was born in China and educated in the United States, brings her fluency in Eastern and Western cultures together to offer an explanation of how China became such a successful economic story. This book is a guide to the Chinese economy as it has shifted from being based primarily on state-owned enterprise to being based on entrepreneurship and participation in the global...
20) A simple government: twelve things we really need from Washington (and a trillion that we don't)
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English
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An optimistic manifesto for America's future government by the former presidential candidate outlines recommendations for upholding the nation's founding principles and overcoming election-focused politics.
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