How capitalism will save us : why free people and free markets are the best answer in today's economy / Steve Forbes and Elizabeth Ames.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forbes, Steve, 1947-

Contributor:

Ames, Elizabeth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism--United States.

Capitalism.

United States.

United States--Economic policy.

Economic policy.

United States--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

viii, 357 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Crown Publishers, [2009]

Summary:

In an engaging Q-and-A with the reader, Forbes and Ames answer tough questions about today's issues while explaining the fundamentals of a free-market economy. They show how democratic capitalism is more effective than any other system in improving the lives of people.

Contents:

Is capitalism moral?

Isn't capitalism brutal?

Aren't the rich getting richer at other people's expense?

Aren't higher taxes the price we pay for a humane society?

Don't regulations safeguard the public good?

Isn't free trade and globalization destroying American jobs and the economies of other nations?

Is affordable healthcare possible in a free market?

Isn't government needed to direct the economy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [329]-346) and index.

ISBN:

9780307463098

0307463095

OCLC:

299706966