Current Economic Issues

Edited by James M. Cypher, Smriti Rao, Chris Sturr, and the Dollars & Sense collective

current economic issues cover
Edition:
15th
Date of publication:
November 2011
ISBN:
978-1-878585-88-2
Pages:
220
Price:
$32.95


  • Chapter 1: The Economic crisis
    • 1.1 Inequality, Power, and Ideology Arthur MacEwan
    • 1.2 Beyond Keynesianism James M. Cypher
    • 1.3 Rank-and-File Economics Katherine Sciacchitano
    • 1.4 Unemployment: A Jobs Deficit or a Skills Deficit? John Miller and Jeannette Wicks-Lim
    • 1.5 How Blacks Might Fare in the Jobless Recovery Sylvia Allegretto and Steven Pitts
    • 1.6 Still Banking on Fraud William K. Black
  • Chapter 2: Public-Sector Workers
    • 2.1 America’s Pulic-Sector Workers Under Attack Gerald Friedman
    • 2.2 What Wisconsin Means Roger Bybee
    • 2.3 State Workers Face a Compensation Penalty Ethan Pollack
    • 2.4 The Betrayal of Public Workers Robert Pollin and Jeffrey Thompson
    • 2.5 Teachers, Secretaries, and Social Workers: The New Welfare Moms? Randy Albelda
  • Chapter 3: Unions and Working Conditions
    • 3.1 Wrong about Right-to-Work John Miller
    • 3.2 Conflicting Dreams Josh Eidelson
    • 3.3 Wal-Mart Makes the Case for Affirmative Action Jeannette Wicks-Lim
    • 3.4 What’s Behind Union Decline in the United States? Alejandro Reuss
    • 3.5 Unions and Economic Performance Arthur MacEwan
    • 3.6 The Assault on Labor in Cananea, Mexico Anne Fischel and Lin Nelson
  • Chapter 4: AusteritY And Its Alternatives
    • 4.1 Government “Living Within Its Means”? John Miller
    • 4.2 Full Employment as the Answer for Europe Robert Pollin
    • 4.3 The People’s Budget John Miller
    • 4.4 Jobs, Deficits, and the Misguided Squabble over the Debt Ceiling Tim Koechlin
    • 4.5 Transaction Tax: Sand in the Wheels, Not in the Face John Miller
  • Chapter 5: Global Resistance to Neoliberalism
    • 5.1 Greece as a Demonstration Project Mike-Frank Epitropoulos
    • 5.2 On the Jasmine Revolution Fadhel Kaboub
    • 5.3 The Middle East’s Neoliberalism-Corruption Nexus Fadhel Kaboub
    • 5.4 Labor Radicalism and Popular Emancipation in Egypt Stephen Maher
    • 5.5 Wounded Tiger: Ireland Submits to the IMF Dan Read
    • 5.6 The 99%, the 1%, and Class Struggle Alejandro Reuss
  • Chapter 6: Stimulus and Deficits
    • 6.1 Myths of the Deficit Marty Wolfson
    • 6.2 The Deficit: Real Issue, Phony Debates Richard D. Wolff
    • 6.3 The Case for a National Infrastructure Bank Heidi Garrett Peltier
    • 6.4 Why Do They Oppose More Stimulus? Arthur MacEwan
    • 6.5 Fed Up: The Federal Reserve Balance Sheet Is Exploding on Both Sides Robert Larson
  • Chapter 7: the environment
    • 7.1 Saving Energy Creates Jobs Heidi Garrett-Peltier
    • 7.2 Keep It in the Ground Elissa Dennis
    • 7.3 The Phantom Menace: Environmental Regulations Are Not “Job-Killers” Heidi Garrett-Peltier
    • 7.4 The GO-Zone’s No-Zones Darwin BondGraham
    • 7.5 The Costs of Extreme Weather Heidi Garrett-Peltier
  • Chapter 8: social policy: health care and social security
    • 8.1 Universal Health Care: Can We Afford Anything Less? Gerald Friedman
    • 8.2 Different Anti-Poverty Regime, Same Single-Mother Poverty Randy Albelda
    • 8.3 The “Obamacare” Tax Hike and Redistribution John Miller
    • 8.4 Go Ahead and Lift the Cap John Miller
    • 8.5 Hard Work at an Advanced Age Amy Gluckman
  • Chapter 9: Inequality, Taxes, and Corporations
    • 9.1 Nearly $2 Trillion Purloined from U.S. Workers in 2009 James Cypher
    • 9.2 Wall Street Bonuses: A Dirty Job No One Should Do John Miller
    • 9.3 No Fooling—Corporations Evade Taxes John Miller
    • 9.4 Taxes and Economic Growth Arthur MacEwan
    • 9.5 Monopoly Capital and Global Competition Arthur MacEwan
  • Contributors