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


This lively, accessible anthology features progressive perspectives on today's most important economic debates, while debunking some of the myths promoted by the mainstream business press. The updated 15th edition includes research and analysis on U.S. and global financial institutions, stimulus and bailouts, debt and deficits, foreclosures and bankruptcy, unemployment, austerity, inequality, energy and environmental policies, health-care policy, worker activism, and much more.

Perfect for introductory-level social science courses, Current Economic Issues is an invaluable tool for understanding the current crisis and proposed policy responses. Its well-researched, accessible articles are drawn from Dollars & Sense, the leading magazine of popular economics.

Contributors include: Randy Albelda, William K. Black, Roger Bybee, James M. Cypher, Mike-Frank Epitropoulos, Gerald Friedman, Heidi Garrett-Peltier, Fadhel Kaboub, Marie Kennedy, Tim Koechlin, Arthur MacEwan, John A. Miller, Chris Tilly, Richard D. Wolff, Marty Wolfson, and many others.

"The articles in Current Economic Issues are unique in their ability to draw on both passion and intellect from students of all political persuasions."
—David E. Kaun, Professor of Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz