This is a supplement to accompany the principles of microeconomics course. Current issues on public policy are discussed by two leading economists. New topics include health care, welfare, and the transitions taking place in the former Soviet Union.

Economics of Public Policy, Fourth Edition

John C. Goodman

EDWIN G.DOLAN

West Pub. Co.

This book shows how economics relates to the real world. It also shows how economics relates to other disciplines as well -- history, sociology, political science, and even ethics.

Economics of Public Policy: The Micro View

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

West Publishing Company

Leaving Women Behind: Modern Families, Outdated Laws

Paternalistic federal laws and regulations thwart initiatives to grant women the same economic liberties as men. Why have federal institutions overseeing employment, employee benefits, childcare, taxation, health care, education, retirement, and social security adopted such a warped and antiquated perspective of traditional family life? And what can be done about it? Leaving Women Behind answers these important and provocative questions. The authors call upon the federal government to get out of the way of marketplace initiatives. Employers and employees across the country are perfectly capable of making mutually beneficial adjustments if the government simply unties their hands. They offer realistic solutions; solutions that involve empowering people, giving them more choices, and making government less intrusive. Published in cooperation with The Manhattan Institute and The National Center for Policy Analysis.

Kimberley A. Strassel

Celeste Colgan

Women's Studies

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

On October 12, 1984, a conference was held in Washington, D.C., attended by leaders from major public policy research institutes. The theme of the conference was: HOW IDEAS CAUSE CHANGE. 
The questions posed were profound: Why is it that some ideas cause change and not others? When an idea does lead to change, how does it do so? And, can an understanding of the answers to these questions allow public policy institutes to systematically produce ideas that cause change? 
The focus of the conference was on the privatization revolution now taking place in Britain, and the movement toward privatization that is occurring in countries all over the world. Privatization explores the "hows" and the "whys" of this revolution, and what research institutes can do to further privatization in the U.S.

Privatization

National Center for Policy Analysis

Presents information about the major provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in a question and answer format.

Living With ObamaCare: A Consumer's Guide

Health, Fitness & Dieting

A popular explanation of how tax-free medical savings accounts would work. Strippable.

Patient Power: The Free-Enterprise Alternative to Clinton's Health Plan

Business & Money

Gerald L. Musgrave

Economics

Cato Institute

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