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  • Blinder, Alan S., author.
     
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  • Economics -- Political aspects -- United States.
     
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  • United States -- Economic conditions.
     
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  • United States -- Politics and government.
     
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    Advice and dissent : why America suffers when economics and politics collide / Alan S. Blinder.
    by Blinder, Alan S., author.
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    New York : Basic Books, 2018.
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  • Economics -- Political aspects -- United States.
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  • United States -- Economic policy.
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  • United States -- Economic conditions.
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  • United States -- Politics and government.
  • ISBN: 
    9780465094172 (hardcover) :
    0465094171 (hardcover)
    Description: 
    xii, 346 pages ; 25 cm
    Edition: 
    First edition.
    Contents: 
    The lamppost theory of economic policy -- Clashing civilizations -- Lost horizons? -- Madison's curse meets Madison Avenue -- The media are the messengers -- Murphy's law of economic policy -- Wanted: hard-headed but soft-hearted policies -- Trade disagreements -- With liberty and inequality for all? -- The political quicksand of tax reform -- Toward remedies: moving the needle -- Toward remedies: moving the line -- Last word: on bridging the gap.
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    Argues that there is a cultural divide between economists and politicians that results in bad economic policy, with politicians using economic advice to bolster pre-conceived notions, and economists failing to take short-term human costs into account when focusing on long-term economic efficiency.
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    Hawaii State LibraryBusiness, Science & Technology330.973 BlChecked InAdd Copy to MyList
    Kihei Public LibraryAdult Nonfiction330.973 BlChecked InAdd Copy to MyList
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