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.
- ISBN10 1595585699
- ISBN13 9781595585691
- Publish Date 14 August 2006 (first published 1 January 2006)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint New Press
- Edition Revised ed.
- Format eBook
- Pages 256
- Language English