Beschreibung:
Readers of Alan Blinder's regular Business Week column appreciate his concise, thought-provoking opinions and his eloquent prose. In Hard Heads, Soft Hearts he brings to life the inner workings of America's economy and in so doing explains what's wrong and how to fix it.
* Introduction: Murphys Law of Economic Policy * Needed: Hard Heads and Soft Hearts * Striking a Balance Between Unemployment and Inflation * Do We Know How to Manage the National Economy? * Who Will Protect Us From Protectionism? * Cleaning Up the Environment: Sometimes Cheaper Is Better * It Can Happen Here: The Improbably Saga of Tax Reform * On Breaking Murphys Law