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Record ID marc_loc_updates/v35.i13.records.utf8:17771270:1484
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 01484cam a22002658a 4500
001 2007001564
003 DLC
005 20070323074650.0
008 070116s2007 nyu 000 0 eng
010 $a 2007001564
020 $a9781591025153 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aHD6983$b.J66 2007
082 00 $a339.4/20973$222
100 1 $aJones, Jeffrey.
245 14 $aThe unaffordable nation :$bsearching for a decent life in America /$cJeffrey Jones.
260 $aAmherst, N.Y. :$bPrometheus Books,$c2007.
263 $a0705
300 $ap. cm.
505 0 $aIntroduction : Leibniz in economics -- The unaffordable nation -- Of lawsuits and lotteries -- Traditionalism and the rise of the credit welfare system -- An examination of a noble sentiment -- The billionaire and the destitute man : unaffordability as a political problem -- Poor choice, poor justice, poor luck -- Poor choice : the American hatred of paupers -- Poor justice : injustice and the golden rule -- Poor luck : the inequity of disability and other struggles -- The covenant on affordability -- The covenant on affordability -- Some applications : corporations, immigration and trade -- Conclusion : stand fast young, old mule.
650 0 $aCost and standard of living$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPublic welfare$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xSocial policy$y1993-
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip079/2007001564.html