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 | : | 4.97 (974 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1522666133 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 382 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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How did a system designed to safeguard American farmers turn into the nation's biggest scam? Most of us don't know what subsidies are and don't think they affect us directly, so we tune out. In this eye-opening book, New York Times bestselling author Thomas M. Kostigen explores government policies that cost taxpayers $200 billion per year—more than $1,500 per household. The Big Handout exposes how artificially lowering the prices of these commodities hurts us and people around the world. A riveting exposé of how a little-understood government policy perverts our way of living, making us fatter, poorer, and more unhealthy. 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.. Put simply, a subsidy is a grant by the government to a private business. But they have an enormous impact on all of us. 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
. 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. 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. Kostigen is coauthor of the New York Times bestseller The Green Book
great stuff. 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 somewhat informative and at the very least entertaining.The latter it was. Mr. Kostigen
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. Thomas M. . He lives in Santa Monica, California.Bronson Pinchot, an Audie Award-winning narrator and Audible's Narrator of the Year for 2010, r