Author: Ryan Cooper
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1250272351
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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A compelling alternative view of the relationship between our politics and our economy. Throughout America, structural problems are getting worse. Economic inequality is near Gilded Age heights, the healthcare system is a mess, and the climate crisis continues to grow. Yet most ambitious policy proposals that might fix these calamities are dismissed as wastefully expensive by default. From the kitchen table to Congress, debates are punctuated with a familiar refrain: “How are you going to pay for that?” This question is designed to shut down policy pushes up front, minimizing any interference with the free market. It comes from neoliberalism, an economic ideology that has overtaken both parties. Proponents insist that markets are naturally-occurring and apolitical—and that too much manipulation of the economy will make our society fall apart. Ryan Cooper argues that our society already is falling apart, and the logically preposterous views of neoliberalism are to blame. Most progressives understand this instinctively, but many lack the background knowledge to make effective economic counterarguments. How Are You Going To Pay For That? is filled with engaging discussions and detailed strategies that policymakers and citizens alike can use to assail even the most entrenched lines of neoliberal logic, and start to undo these long-held misconceptions. Equal parts economic theory, history, and political polemic, this is an essential roadmap for winning the key battles to come.

Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging
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Category : Budget deficits
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Author: Mr.Masahiro Nozaki
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1475595824
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 26

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How much of an internal rate of return would a sustainable pay-as-you-go pension system offer current and future generations equally? The answer is the sum of the Long-Run Biological Interest Rates (LBIR), the real-world equivalent of Samuelson’s (1958) biological interest rate, and future productivity growth. Reflecting global population ageing, the median LBIR across 172 countries is as low as 1 percent per year. The LBIRs are particularly low in advanced countries, estimated to be negative in many of them, and require ample financial reserves today or future productivity growth to maintain participation in pension schemes. On the other hand, the LBIRs in less developed regions, such as in sub-Saharan Africa, are relatively high, indicating a potential to use a pay-as-you-go scheme to expand the coverage of public pensions. Raising the retirement age by five years brings up the LBIR by 40 basis points, significantly improving the long-run budget constraint of a pension scheme.

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Category : Canals
Languages : en
Pages : 46

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Author: United States. President (1961-1963 : Kennedy)
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Category : Express highways
Languages : en
Pages : 16

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Author: Jane Falkingham
Publisher: World Bank Publications
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Category : Fondos de pensiones
Languages : en
Pages : 81

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Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Category : Income tax
Languages : en
Pages : 42

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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select committee on wages and prices of commodities. [from old catalog]
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Category : Cost and standard of living
Languages : en
Pages : 890

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Category : Charities
Languages : en
Pages : 1130

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Languages : en
Pages : 52

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