Unwarranted Intrusions

The Case Against Government Intervention in the Marketplace

Preis	21,90 €	In den Warenkorb »
Zustand	Neu	Lieferdauer ca. 2 bis 4 Wochen
Autor(en)	Martin Fridson	Verlag	John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Sachgebiet(e)	Sozial- und Wohlfahrtsstaat, English Books	ISBN	0-471-68713-8
2006, 310 Seiten, Festeinband/Hardcover

What happens when politicians trot out economic statistics and numbers? The result is usually a government subsidy that provides advantage to a special interest group only, but costs everyone and drains the economy. In Unwarranted Intrusions, well-known financial commentator Martin Fridson turns his sharp eye for uncovering opaque financial reporting practices to the U.S. government and examines the economic reality of some of the most popular yet financially draining subsidies. Fridson debunks programs that claim to provide jobs, encourage savings, provide affordable housing, and preserve family farms, among many others. Unwarranted Intrusions is a provocative and exhaustively researched challenge to prevailing political claims of programs that purport to protect the public good. Fridson strips the pretense and subterfuge from the political debate and catches everyone from both ends of the political spectrum in the act of distorting reality and uncovers the economic damage left in its wake.

Source: Wiley -VCH