The Big Handout: How Government Subsidies and Corporate Welfare Corrupt the World We Live In and Wreak Havoc on Our Food Bills
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (513 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1522666133 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 247 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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A riveting exposé of how a little-understood government policy perverts our way of living, making us fatter, poorer, and more unhealthy. In this eye-opening book, New York Times bestselling author Thomas M. Did you know that subsidized goods often cost us more than we'd pay for them in the free market? In fact, we sometimes pay for goods that will never exist at all. But they have an enormous impact on all of us. The Big Handout exposes how artificially lowering the prices of these commodities hurts us and people around the world. Put simply, a subsidy is a grant by the government to a private business. Cotton, wheat, corn, soy, and oil are the most subsidized commodities in the United States. It turns out that the free market in America is anything but. Revealing just how toxic America's subsidy system has become, The Big Handout is a wake-up call that empowers us to demand change.The accompanying reference guide is included as a PDF on this disc.. Kostigen explores government policies that cost taxpayers $200 billion per year—more than $1,500 per household. He persuasively shows that subsidies are at the root of our most pressing problems as a country—our foreign po
Kostigen is coauthor of the New York Times bestseller The Green Book. . He lives in Santa Monica, California.Bronson Pinchot, an Audie Award-winning narrator and Audible's Narrator of the Year for 2010, received his education at Yale University. About the Author Thomas M. He restores Greek Revival buildings and appears in television, film, and on stage whenever the pilasters and entablatures overwhelm him. He writes the Ethics Monitor column for Dow Jones MarketWatch and the Better Planet column and blog for Discover magazine
He lives in Santa Monica, California.Bronson Pinchot, an Audie Award-winning narrator and Audible's Narrator of the Year for 2010, received his education at Yale University. He restores Greek Revival buildings and appears in television, film, and on stage whenever the pilasters and entablatures overwhelm him. Kostigen is coauthor of the New York Times bestseller The Green Book. . Thoma
"great stuff." according to Amazon Customer. thank you. great stuff.. Lots of facts but absent and misleading conclusions I picked up Mr. Kostigen's book from the New York Public Library yesterday, figuring the freak October snowstorm would be a good opportunity to catch up on some reading. I have a strong interest in macroeconomic policy and although the title suggests a politicized view of US agriculture subsidization, I figured the book would be somew