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Freedom, Opportunity, and Security

Economic Policy and the Political System
  • ISBN-13: 9781498508711
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: LEXINGTON BOOKS
  • By Douglas Downing
  • Price: AUD $244.00
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/01/2016
  • Format: Hardback 252 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Banking [KFFK]
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Freedom, Opportunity, and Security is a book on government economic policy which will have some appeal to both sides of the political divide. The book starts from basic principles to develop the case for a free economy, and then presents the case for policies to provide opportunity and security. However, all policies are subject to the reality constraint that the average real wage equals the average level of productivity. Downing's incisive analysis considers many questions in regard to economic policy. For instance, why Keynesians are right that aggregate demand stabilization is crucial, but wrong to think that discretionary policy is the best way to achieve it. He also answers why government debt could be good or could be bad, depending on what it is used for and how it will be paid back. He analyzes how greedy lenders caused the mortgage crisis, but that greed alone cannot explain why lenders would carelessly lend heedless of the prospects for repayment. Additionally, he explores how concentrated economic power is a problem, but there is risk that government policy ostensibly exercised to benefit the powerless can in fact be twisted to further enrich the rich. Downing offers a comprehensive analysis of every level of economic policy and government structure. Even when we know the best economic policy, there is a problem if the political system rewards candidates who support narrow-interest policies more than general-interest policies. This book offers strategies to improve our dysfunctional presidential nomination system and uncompetitive congressional elections.
1 Economic Policy Questions 2 Freedom 3 Opportunity 4 Security 5 The Reality Constrain 6 Prosperity and Productivity 7 Government Action and Economic Policy 8 History of Financial Crises 9 Economic Stability and Financial Security 10 Taxes 11 Government Spending 12 Power 13 Government Structure: Tensions, Tradeoffs, and Problems 14 Government Structure: Improvements
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