The Fifteen Biggest Lies about the Economy

The Fifteen Biggest Lies about the Economy
Author :
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages : 321
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780470912829
ISBN-13 : 0470912820
Rating : 4/5 (820 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Fifteen Biggest Lies about the Economy by : Joshua Holland

Download or read book The Fifteen Biggest Lies about the Economy written by Joshua Holland and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-09-23 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AlterNet editor Joshua Holland demolishes the Right's biggest and most outrageous myths about the economy Taxes kill growth. Labor unions hurt their members. Government regulation destroys jobs. These are just a few of the biggest lies in the web of misinformation spun by conservatives and the Chamber of Commerce. Holland's book dissects each malicious fiction to show how the Right is just plain wrong on the economy—wrong on jobs, wrong on the deficit, wrong on taxes, wrong on trade. Takes down old and new conservative myths about the economy, including healthcare, stimulus, progressive taxes, Wall Street regulation, and more Filled with recent quotes from conservative politicians and pundits, from the misleading to the laughable to the totally outrageous Tackles specific aspects of the Republicans' economic agenda, including their 2010 alternatives to Obama's budget Deftly written and rigorously documented by Alternet senior writer/editor Joshua Holland With the economy set to be the driving issue before and after the 2010 midterm elections, The Fifteen Biggest Lies about the Economy sets the record straight on every part of the conservatives' economic agenda.


The Fifteen Biggest Lies about the Economy Related Books

The Fifteen Biggest Lies about the Economy
Language: en
Pages: 321
Authors: Joshua Holland
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-09-23 - Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

AlterNet editor Joshua Holland demolishes the Right's biggest and most outrageous myths about the economy Taxes kill growth. Labor unions hurt their members. Go
Big Lies
Language: en
Pages: 276
Authors: Joe Conason
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-06-15 - Publisher: Macmillan

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A powerful rebuttal to the likes of Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity, this is essential reading in an era of right-wing bullying and political confor
The Fifteen Biggest Lies about the Economy
Language: en
Pages: 304
Authors: Joshua Holland
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-09-28 - Publisher: Wiley

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

AlterNet editor Joshua Holland demolishes the Right's biggest and most outrageous myths about the economy Taxes kill growth. Labor unions hurt their members. Go
The Fight for $15
Language: en
Pages: 353
Authors: David Rolf
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-04-07 - Publisher: New Press, The

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

“Rolf shows that raising the minimum wage to $15 is both just and necessary, lest the American dream of middle class prosperity turn into a nightmare” (Davi
The 15 Biggest Lies in Politics
Language: en
Pages: 239
Authors: Major Garrett
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-08-15 - Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In the world of politics, it's hard to separate the truth from the lies. In this strongly argued but nonpartisan book, Major Garrett and Timothy J. Penny draw o