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008			070118s2007 dcua b 001 0 eng
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035			_a(Sirsi) i9781596985049
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050	0	0	_aHB 501 _b.M88 2007
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100	1		_aMurphy, Robert P. _q(Robert Patrick), _d1976-
245	1	4	_aThe politically incorrect guide to capitalism / _cRobert P. Murphy.
260			_aWashington, DC : _bRegnery Pub. ; _aLanham, MD : _bDistributed to the trade by National Book Network, _c2007.
300			_axii, 206 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aThe politically incorrect guide
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 189-194) and index.
505	0	0	_tQuiz : are you a capitalist pig? -- _gch. 1. _tCapitalism, profits, and entrepreneurs -- _tSo what is capitalism anyway? -- _tLaissez-faire versus regulation -- _tFree to starve? -- _tMass production for the masses -- _tCentral planning versus the "anarchy" of production -- _tWe won the Cold War! Or did we? -- _gch. 2. _tThe price is right (by definition) -- _tPrices are signals -- _tThe big fuss over "Big oil" -- _tRunning out of gas -- _tRent control)or, How to destroy a neighborhood) -- _gch. 3. _tLabor pains -- _tBaseball players make more than teachers! Where are our priorities? -- _tEven bad CEOs deserve the big bucks -- _tChild labor laws are unnecessary -- _tThe minimum wage (or, How to create unemployment) -- _tUnions hurt the working man -- _tGive me a break! -- _gch. 4. _tThe case against anti-discrimination laws -- _tThe free market's "racist fee" -- _tDiscrimination is bad for business -- _tThe "discriminating" customer -- _tPrivate property and the freedom of association -- _tThere's nothing "affirmative" about affirmative action -- _tSo every thing's hunky-dory?
505	0	0	_gch. 5. _tSlavery : product of capitalism or government? -- _tGovernment protects slavery -- _tSlavery was declining before state interference -- _tSlavery : immoral, yes, but also inefficient! -- _tThe rising price of slaves -- _tIf slavery is so inefficient, then why did it exist at all? -- _gch. 6. _tHow capitalism will save the environment -- _tRhinos versus cows -- _tConservation for whom? -- _tWe'll cross that bridge when we get to it -- _tThe ultimate bet : Ehrlich bombs -- _tRecycle? Or dump? -- _tThe pollution of activist government -- _gch. 7. _tEnsuring safety: the market or big brother? -- _tThere's always a trade-off -- _tMarket safety -- _tThe regulators : third-party guarantors -- _tIs there a doctor in the house? -- _tSafety : taking it to the streets -- _tGood intentions with deadly consequences -- _gch. 8. _tSettling debts -- _tDeficits don't cause inflation -- _tDeficits crowd out private investment -- _tRaising taxes isn't "responsible" -- _tBurdening our grandchildren? -- _tReagan's record -- _tClinton's budget.
505	0	0	_gch. 9. _tMoney and banking -- _tBarter is barbarous -- _tNobody invented money -- _tWe're from the government and we're here to help -- _tPrinting more money makes prices rise -- _tBanking basics -- _t"Wildcat" banking -- _gch. 10. _tGrowing pains -- _tThe business cycle : courtesy of the government -- _tThe "progressive" Herbert Hoover -- _tThe New Deal didn't fix the Depression -- _tDid World War II get us out of the Depression? -- _tThe whole is not the sum of the parts -- _gch. 11. _tBread and circuses : popular government programs -- _tNASA : needlessly dangerous -- _tOuter space : too big for the private sector? -- _tCapitalists : just out for a buck? -- _tLBJ's war on taxpayers -- _tSacrosanct Social Security -- _gch. 12. _tRunning government like a business -- _tProfits versus bureaucracy -- _tAmtrak -- _tGoing postal over poor service -- _tPublic utilities -- _tGovernment in a jam -- _gch. 13. _tTrusting the feds on antitrust -- _tThe myth of the robber barons -- _tThe infamous case of Standard Oil -- _tThe case against antitrust -- _tThe case for Microsoft.
505	0	0	_gch. 14. _tTrade wars -- _tTariffs are taxes on Americans -- _tProtecting jobs? -- _tClassical wisdom -- _tDebunking the deficit -- _tThe trade deficit : follow the money -- _gch. 15. _tMaking money in the global village -- _tManufacturing a crisis -- _tOutsourcing destroys jobs? -- _tOutsourcing makes America richer -- _tThe high-tech sector : another phony crisis -- _tCapital export is a capital idea -- _tWe're from the world government and we're here to help -- _gch. 16. _tThe investor class : in other words, you and me -- _tInterest : sooner is better than later -- _tThe importance of middlemen -- _tThe farsighted speculator -- _tFutures and other derivatives : to each according to his ability -- _tRaiders of the lost corporation -- _tA twelve-step plan for understanding the free market -- _tAcknowledgments -- _tNotes -- _tIndex.
520			_aAn irreverent look at capitalism that exposes common fallacies and offers simple explanations of complex issues related to capitalism and its role in the world's economy.
650		0	_aCapitalism _zUnited States.
650		0	_aFree enterprise.
650		7	_aEconomic history.
650		7	_aEconomic policy.
830		0	_aPolitically incorrect guide.
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