Field Guide to the U.S. Economy: A Compact and Irreverent Guide to Ecnomic Life in America (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781595580481)

Extensively revised and expanded with the most up-to-the-minute data, this new edition of the Field Guide to the U.S. Economy brings key economic issues to life, reflecting the collective wit and wisdom of the many progressive economists affiliated with the Center for Popular Economics. User-friendly and accessible, the book covers a wide range of subjects, including workers, women, people of color, government spending, welfare, education, health, the environment, macroeconomics, and the global economy, as well as brand-new material on the war in Iraq, the Department of Homeland Security, the prison-industrial complex, foreign aid, the environment, and pharmaceutical companies.

Author: Jonathan Teller-Elsberg, Nancy Folbre, James Heintz
ISBN-10: 1595580484
ISBN-13: 9781595580481
Publisher: New Press
Language: English
Published: 08/31/2006
Pages: 237
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 6.04h x 8.98w x 0.53d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2006 pg. 102