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Title:

The economists' voice : top economists take on today's problems / Joseph E. Stiglitz, Aaron S. Edlin, J. Bradford DeLong, editors.

Publisher:

Columbia University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

viii, 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States--Economic conditions--21st century.
United States--Economic policy--21st century.
United States--Social conditions--21st century.
United States--Social policy--21st century.
Environmental policy--United States--History--21st century.

Other Authors:

Stiglitz, Joseph E.
Edlin, Aaron S.
De Long, J. Bradford.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

What to do about Fannie and Freddie? / Edward L. Glaeser and Dwight M. Jaffee. Global climate change: a challenge to policy / Kenneth J. Arrow -- A new agenda for global warming / Joseph E. Stiglitz -- A meaningful second commitment period for the Kyoto protocol / Shelia M. Olmstead and Robert N. Stavins -- Divergent views on the coming dollar crisis / J. Bradford DeLong -- U.S. offshoring: small steps to make it win-win / Diana Farrell -- Advance market commitments: how to stimulate investment in vaccines for neglected diseases / Owen Barder, Michael Kremer, and Heidi Williams -- Should we still support untrammeled international capital mobility? Or are capital controls less evil than we once believed? / J. Bradford DeLong -- The economic cost of the Iraq war / Scott Wallsten -- The high cost of the Iraq war / Joseph E. Stiglitz -- Sense and nonsense about federal deficits and debt / Michael J. Boskin -- Government deficits and the deindustrialization of America / Ronald I. McKinnon -- Confusions about social security / Paul Krugman -- The many definitions of social security privatization / Don Fullerton and Michael Geruso -- The virtues of personal accounts for social security / Edward P. Lazear -- Could social security go broke? / Barbara R. Bergmann -- A broader perspective on the tax reform debate / Michael J. Boskin -- Tax reform: time for a plan C? / Michael J. Graetz -- Taxes on investment income remain too high and lead to multiple distortions / Martin Feldstein -- Progressive consumption taxation as a remedy for the U.S. savings shortfall / Robert H. Frank -- Was welfare reform successful? / Rebecca M. Blank -- Cutting the safety net one strand at a time / Janet Currie -- The choose-your-charity tax: a way to incentivize greater giving / Aaron S. Edlin -- Should the government rebuild New Orleans or just give residents checks? / Edward L. Glaeser -- Does college still pay? / Lisa Barrow and Cecilia Elena Rouse -- How to deal with terrorism / Bruno S. Frey -- The economics of capital punishment / Richard A. Posner -- On the economics of capital punishment / Gary S. Becker -- The death penalty: no evidence for deterrence / John Donohue and Justin J. Wolfers -- Reply to Donohue and Wolfers on the death penalty and deterrence / Paul H. Rubin -- Letter: a reply to Rubin the death penalty / John Donohue and Justin J. Wolfers -- Reply: the death penalty once more / Paul H. Rubin -- Long-term perspectives on the current boom in home prices / Robert J. Shiller -- The menace of an unchecked housing bubble / Dean Baker -- What to do about Fannie and Freddie? / Edward L. Glaeser and Dwight M. Jaffee.

ISBN:

0231143648 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780231143646 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007034372

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)