The Economists' Voice: Top Economists Take On Today's Problems

Published by Columbia University Press 2011

The Economists' Voice

Top Economists Take On Today's Problems

Edited by: Joseph E. Stiglitz , Aaron S. Edlin and J. Bradford DeLong

https://doi.org/10.7312/stig14364

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Part I: Global Warming
1. Climate Change: The Uncertainties, the Certainties, and What They Imply About Action Thomas C. Schelling Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
2. Global Climate Change: A Challenge to Policy Kenneth J. Arrow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
3. A New Agenda for Global Warming Joseph E. Stiglitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
4. A Meaningful Second Commitment Period for the Kyoto Protocol Sheila M. Olmstead and Robert N. Stavins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
Part II: The International Economy
5. Divergent Views on the Coming Dollar Crisis J. Bradford DeLong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
6. U.S. Offshoring: Small Steps to Make It Win- Win Diana Farrell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
7. Advance Market Commitments: How to Stimulate Investment in Vaccines for Neglected Diseases Owen Barder, Michael Kremer and Heidi Williams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
8. Should We Still Support Untrammeled International Capital Mobility? Or Are Capital Controls Less Evil Than We Once Believed? J. Bradford DeLong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
Part III: Economics of the Iraq War
9. The Economic Cost of the Iraq War Scott Wallsten Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
10. The High Cost of the Iraq War Joseph E. Stiglitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
Part IV: Fiscal Policy
11. Sense and Nonsense About Federal Deficits and Debt Michael J. Boskin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
12. Government Deficits and the Deindustrialization of America Ronald I. McKinnon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
13. Confusions About Social Security Paul Krugman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
14. The Many Definitions of Social Security Privatization Don Fullerton and Michael Geruso Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
15. The Virtues of Personal Accounts for Social Security Edward P. Lazear Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
16. Could Social Security Go Broke? Barbara R. Bergmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
Part VI: Tax Reform
17. A Broader Perspective on the Tax Reform Debate Michael J. Boskin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
18. Tax Reform: Time for a Plan C? Michael J. Graetz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
19. Taxes on Investment Income Remain Too High and Lead to Multiple Distortions Martin Feldstein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
20. Progressive Consumption Taxation as a Remedy for the U.S. Savings Shortfall Robert H. Frank Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
Part VII: Social Policy
21. Was Welfare Reform Successful? Rebecca M. Blank Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
22. Cutting the Safety Net One Strand at a Time Janet Currie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
23. The Choose- Your- Charity Tax: A Way to Incentivize Greater Giving Aaron S. Edlin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
24. Should the Government Rebuild New Orleans or Just Give Residents Checks? Edward L. Glaeser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
25. Does College Still Pay? Lisa Barrow and Cecilia Elena Rouse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
26. How to Deal with Terrorism Bruno S. Frey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
Part VIII: The Death Penalty
27. The Economics of Capital Punishment Richard A. Posner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
28. On the Economics of Capital Punishment Gary S. Becker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
29. The Death Penalty: No Evidence for Deterrence John Donohue and Justin J. Wolfers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
30. Reply to Donohue and Wolfers on the Death Penalty and Deterrence Paul H. Rubin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
31. Letter: A Reply to Rubin on the Death Penalty John Donohue and Justin J. Wolfers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
32. Reply: The Death Penalty Once More Paul H. Rubin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264
Part IX: Real Estate
33. Long- Term Perspectives on the Current Boom in Home Prices Robert J. Shiller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
34. The Menace of an Unchecked Housing Bubble Dean Baker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	288
35. What to Do About Fannie and Freddie? Edward L. Glaeser and Dwight M. Jaffee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	296
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Pages
- Main content: 328

eBook

Published: December 31, 2011
ISBN: 9780231527866