TY  - BOOK
AU  - Miller,Roger LeRoy
AU  - Benjamin,Daniel K.
AU  - North,Douglass C.
TI  - The economics of public issues
SN  - 032159455X
AV  - HB171 .M544 2010
U1  - 330.973 22
PY  - 2010///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Addison-Wesley
KW  - Economics
KW  - Industrial policy
KW  - Economic policy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-217) and index; Part 1; The Foundations of Economic Analysis --; 1; Death by Bureaucrat (when bureaucratic choices mean life for some people-and death for others) --; 2; Ethanol Madness (how one government policy illustrates the nature of all government policy) --; 3; Flying the Friendly Skies? (how safe is commercial air travel? How safe should it be?) --; 4; The Mystery of Wealth (why some nations are rich and others are poor) --; Part 2; Supply and Demand --; 5; Sex, Booze, and Drugs (the unintended and often harmful consequences of prohibiting voluntary exchange) --; 6; Kidneys for Sale (does a market for human organs make sense?) --; 7; When High Prices Are Low Prices (why "record high prices" are often much lower than they seem) --; 8; Are We Running Out of Water? (on a planet that's two-thirds water, how can we be running out of the stuff?) --; 9; The (Dis)incentives of Higher Taxes (how high taxes illustrate the old adage that "there is no free lunch") --; 10; Bankrupt Landlords, from Sea to Shining Sea (when governments lower rents, tenants can suffer) --; Part 3; Labor Markets --; 11; (Why) Are Women Paid Less? (why are women paid less while men are working less?) --; 12; The Effects of the Minimum Wage (how a "living wage" can ruin the lives of minority youngsters) --; 13; Immigration, Superstars, and Poverty (are the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer-and if not, why does it look that way?) --; 14; A Farewell to Jobs (why efforts to "save jobs" make us all poorer) --; Part 4; Market Structures --; 15; Big Oil, Big Oil Prices? (does ExxonMobil really decide how much we pay at the pump?) --; 16; Contracts, Combinations, and Conspiracies (why the NCAA and OPEC have morethan four-letter names in common) --; 17; Coffee, Tea, or Tuition-Free? (who wins and who loses from price discrimination) --; 18; College Costs (...and Costs and Costs) (college costs have tripled, but the quality of the product hasn't --; 19; Keeping the Competition Out (when the government steps in, the competition steps out) --; Part 5; Political Economy --; 20; Mortgage Meltdown (how Congress got us into the mortgage market mess) --; 21; The Political Economy of Collapsing Bridges (when shortsighted political decisions lead to long-term troubles) --; 22; Is Your Bank Manager Headed to Vegas with Your Money? (how deposit insurance encourages risky behavior by commercial banks) --; 23; Raising Less Corn and More Hell (how your tax dollars end up in farmers' pockets) --; 24; Crime and Punishment (incentives matter-especially to criminals) --; 25; The Graying of America (America is getting older, and you will foot the bill) --; Part 6; Property Rights and the Environment --; 26; The Trashman Cometh (the costs and benefits of recycling) --; 27; Bye-Bye, Bison (why some species are endangered and others aren't) --; 28; Smog Merchants (how markets can reduce pollution) --; 29; Greenhouse Economics (the economics of global climate change) --; Part 7; Globalization and Economic Prosperity --; 30; Globalization and the Wealth of America (is globalization all bad?) --; 31; The $750,000 Steelworker (the economic consequences of restricting international trade) --; 32; The Lion, the Dragon, and the Future (do China, India, and other modernizing nations herald the demise of America?)
ER  -