Field Guide to the U.S. Economy: A Compact and Irreverent Guide to Economic Life in America, Revised and Updated Edition
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Book Overview
Extensively revised and expanded with the most up-to-the-minute data, this new edition of the Field Guide to the U.S. Economy brings key economic issues to life, reflecting the collective wit and wisdom of the many progressive economists affiliated with the Center for Popular Economics. User-friendly and accessible, the book covers a wide range of subjects, including workers, women, people of color, government spending, welfare, education, health, the environment, macroeconomics, and the global economy, as well as brand-new material on the war in Iraq, the Department of Homeland Security, the prison-industrial complex, foreign aid, the environment, and pharmaceutical companies.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1595580484
ISBN13:9781595580481
Release Date:August 2006
Publisher:New Press
Length:237 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 9.0" x 6.0"
Customer Reviews
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Field Guide to the U.S. Economy
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
I use this book as a supplemental text for a senior-level sociology course --the book provides an eye-opening, yet easy-to-understand (and often hilarious) look at the least well understood of all social institutions, the economy. Students love this book... as does the professor!
Mind-provoking Read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
This book is so fun yet full of information about how the things work in US economy. It is also the most thoughtful book I've read, even the weblinks of the contributers were written. The organisation of the book is so fine, it is the first time I didn't have to complain about the layout of the book. In general, the writers ask for awareness of social responsibility. Even just one person can change things when we are in a world full of injustice & inefficiencies.
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