Lewis, Hunter.

Are the rich necessary? : great economic arguments and how they reflect our personal values / Hunter Lewis. - Updated and expanded ed. - Mount Jackson, VA : Axios Press, 2009. - xiv, 413 p. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why are we still so poor? -- The appeal of science -- Economic arguments -- Are the rich necessary?-No -- Are the rich necessary?-Yes -- Are the rich compatible with democracy?-No -- Are the rich compatible with democracy?-Yes -- Are private profits necessary?-No -- Are private profits necessary?-Yes -- Are private profits necessary?-No/Yes -- Are there alternatives to the profit system?-Yes/No -- Should we accept this degree of inequality?-No/Yes -- Does the profit system glorify greed?-Yes -- Does the profit system glorify greed?-Yes, and a good thing -- Does the profit system glorify greed?-No -- Can government protect us from the excesses of the profit system?-Yes -- Can government protect us from the excesses of the profit system?-No -- Does the profit system cause depressions?-Yes/No -- Can central banks protect us from depressions and lead the economy?-Yes -- Can central banks protect us from depressions and lead the economy?-No -- Does global free trade destroy jobs?-Yes -- Does global free trade destroy jobs?-No -- Competing economic value systems -- Expanding the nonprofit sector.

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Economics.
Social values.
Ciencias Económicas.
Los Valores Sociales.

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