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Home >  Books >  The Illustrated Guide to the American Economy
The Illustrated Guide to the American Economy
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Third Edition
By Murray Foss, Herbert Stein
Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000
The Illustrated Guide to the American Economy
Dimensions: 6'' x 9''
288 pages
AEI Press  (Washington)
Publication Date: December 1999
Hardcover
ISBN: 0844741035
Price: $ 19.95
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The Illustrated Guide to the American Economy is a valuable asset for anyone seeking to make sense of economic news or, more importantly, to place it in a broader context. The book consists of straightforward, objective statements about the United States, each one explained in Too often, we lack the basic facts we need to understand and judge what we learn about the U.S. economy. Listening to TV or reading newspapers raises questions such as: how rich is the American economy compared with other times and other countries? And what is happening to the relative earnings of women or blacks compared with white males? How heavy are American tax burdens today compared with earlier times and other countries?

This thoroughly revised third edition brings the information up to date and expands the treatment of many subjects, including total returns to capital; how education affects labor force a page of text accompanied by a page of bold, four-color charts.

Table of Contents

Preface
From the Introduction to the First Edition

  1. A Rich Country
  2. Uses of National Output
  3. Who Produces the National Output?
  4. Distribution of the National Income
  5. Productivity
  6. Labor Force and Employment
  7. Personal Incomes
  8. Distribution of Income
  9. Poverty
  10. The Structure of the Economy
  11. Wealth and Debt
  12. Economic Fluctuations
  13. Government Expenditures, Taxes, and Deficits
  14. Health
  15. Price Indexes and the Quality of Life
  16. The United States in the World Economy

A Note on the Gross Domestic Product in Constant Prices
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