Nothing is sacred : economic ideas for the new millennium

Author(s)

• Barro, Robert J.

Bibliographic Information

Nothing is sacred : economic ideas for the new millennium

Robert J. Barro

MIT Press, c2002

• : hc

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In this text, Robret Barro applies his free market arguments to a diverse range of issues. These include global problems such as growth and debt, as well as social issues such as the predictive value of SAT scores, drug legalization, the economics of beauty, and the relationship between abortion rights and crime reduction. The book opens with a series of essays on famous economists, past and present, and other prominent figures whose work has economic implications, including Joe DiMaggio and Bono. In the book's second part, Barro discusses the economics of social issues. In the third part, he considers democracy, growth, and international policy, and in the final part he examines fiscal policy, monetary policy, and the macroeconomy. Throughout, he shows that even the most widely held beliefs are not sacred truths but are open to analysis.

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Details

• NCID: BA58823919
• ISBN:
  • 0262025264
• LCCN: 2002024435
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: xxi, 179 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HB87
  • DC21 : 330