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Author Downing, Douglas, author.

Title Freedom, opportunity, and security : economic policy and the political system / Douglas Downing.

Publication Info. Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 241 pages)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-230) and index.
Contents Economic policy questions -- Freedom -- Opportunity -- Security -- Reality constraint: average real wage equals average productivity -- Productivity and prosperity -- Government action and economic policy -- History of financial crises -- Economic stability and financial security -- Taxes -- Government spending -- Power -- Government structure: tensions, trade-offs, and problems -- Government structure: improvements -- Appendix: note on terminology.
Summary A free economy provides the best hope for a just and prosperous society, but wise government policy is needed to ensure that society provides opportunity and economic security for all. This book ties together analysis of economic policy with analysis of the government structures needed to implement that policy.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject United States -- Economic policy.
United States.
Economic policy.
Economic policy.
Economics -- Political aspects.
Economics -- Political aspects.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference.
Added Title Economic policy and the political system
Other Form: Print version: Freedom, opportunity, and security. Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015] 9781498508711 (DLC) 2015950335
ISBN 9781498508728 (ebook)
9781498508728 (eISBN)
1498508723 (eISBN)
1498508723 (ebook)
9781498508711 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
1498508715 (cloth ; alkaline paper)