Taking Sides : Clashing Views on Controversial Economic Issues

by Swartz, Thomas R.; Bonello, Frank J.

• ISBN13: 9780072327397
• ISBN10: 0072327391
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education

Summary

Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Economic Issues, Twelfth Edition, is a debate-style reader designed to introduce students to controversies in economics. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading economists and commentators, reflect a variety of viewpoints and have been selected for their liveliness and substance and because of their value in a debate framework.

Table of Contents

PART 1 MICROECONOMIC ISSUES	1	(148)
Are Profits the Only Business of Business?	2	(18)
Should We Encourage the Private Ownership of Guns?	20	(18)
Should Cities Subsidize Sports and Sports Venues?	38	(14)
Is There Discrimination in U.S. Labor Markets?	52	(30)
Is the Department of Justice Being Too Hard on Microsoft?	82	(20)
Is Managed Competition the Cure for Our Ailing Health Care System?	102	(18)
Do Private Prisons Pay?	120	(29)
PART 2 MACROECONOMIC ISSUES	149	(120)
Is Deflation Coming?	150	(10)
Is the Current U.S. Social Security Program Securely Anchored?	160	(30)
Does the Consumer Price Index Suffer from Quality and New Product Bias?	190	(14)
Should Federal Government Budget Surpluses Be Used to Reduce Taxes?	204	(12)
Is It Time to Abolish the Minimum Wage?	216	(24)
Has Wisconsin Ended Welfare As We Know It?	240	(29)
PART 3 THE WORLD AROUND US	269	(1)
Is Free Trade a Viable Option for the New Millennium?	270	(26)
Does Free Trade Make the Poor, Poorer?	296	(18)
Does Global Warming Require Immediate Government Action?	314	(22)
Should Pollution Be Put to the Market Test?	336	(22)
Has the North American Free Trade Agreement Been a Success?	358