The New Field Guide to the U.S. Economy: A Compact and Irreverent Guide to Economic Life in America

by Center for Popular Economics Staff and Nancy Folbre

Revised and expanded with the most up-to-the-minute data, The New Field Guide to the U.S. Economy brings key economic issues to life, reflecting the collective wit and wisdom of the more than forty progressive economists affiliated with the Center for Popular Economics. Complete with a glossary and analytical tool kit, the ten chapters range from "Banking Behemoths" to "Bye Bye Ozone," covering owners, workers, women, people of color, government...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565841530
• ISBN13: 9781565841536
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 5.6"

Customer Reviews

A great book for anyone concerned with economic justice

This book is packed with accessible, useful, amusing, and frightening information. If you are worried about the state of economic justice in our country and our world, this volume will be a wonderful tool for educating and empowering yourself and your community.