Better Living Through Economics

Name: Better Living Through Economics
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ISBN: 9780674064126

ISBN-10: 0674064127

ISBN-13: 9780674064126

Edition: 2010

Authors: John J. Siegfried

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Better Living Through Economics consists of twelve case studies that demonstrate how economic research has improved economic and social conditions over the past half century by influencing public policy decisions.Economists were obviously instrumental in revising the consumer price index and in devising auctions for allocating spectrum rights to cell phone providers in the 1990s. But perhaps more surprisingly, economists built the foundation for eliminating the military draft in favor of an all-volunteer army in 1973, for passing the Earned Income Tax Credit in 1975, for deregulating airlines in 1978, for adopting the welfare-to-work reforms during the Clinton administration, and for…

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List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 3/5/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 324
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English

John J. Siegfried is Professor of Economics Emeritus, Vanderbilt University, and Secretary-Treasurer of the American Economic Association.