عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
HC110.S9 D385 2008
HC110
.
S9
D385
2008
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
1429581433
(Number (ISBN
1429581468
(Number (ISBN
1591841917
(Number (ISBN
9781429581431
(Number (ISBN
9781429581462
(Number (ISBN
9781591841913
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b570329
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Free lunch :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
how the wealthiest Americans enrich themselves at government expense (and stick you with the bill)
First Statement of Responsibility
David Cay Johnston.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Portfolio
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2008
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(viii, 323 pages)
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Without even asking --; Mr. Reagan's question --; Trust and consequences --; Chinese magnetism --; Seizing the commons --; Pride and profits --; Your land is my land --; Bounty hunters --; Goin' fishin' --; Just say no --; Beauty and the bounty --; False alarm --; Home robbery --; Indentured scholars --; Selling the furniture --; Suffer the little children --; Trojan horse --; Sightless sheriffs --; Paying twice --; Rising snow --; Unhealthy economics --; Less for more --; Hooked on drugs --; "I'm being trapped" --; None dare call it stealing --; Not since Hoover --; Conclusions : what to do?
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
How does a strong and growing economy lend itself to job uncertainty, debt, bankruptcy, and economic fear for a vast number of Americans? This book answers this great economic question, revealing how today's government policies and spending benefit the wealthy. Johnston shows how, under the guise of deregulation, a whole new set of regulations quietly went into effect--thwarting competition, depressing wages, and rewarding misconduct. Revelations include: how we ended up with the most expensive yet inefficient health-care system in the world; how homeowners' title insurance became a costly, deceitful, yet almost invisible oligopoly; how our government gives hidden subsidies for posh golf courses; how baseball team owners will collect more than
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Subsidies -- United States.
Subsidies.
United States.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
HC110
.
S9
Book number
D385
2008
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
David Cay Johnston.
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
David Cay Johnston
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
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