The authors of this primer believe that the current approach to federal regulation urgently needs repair.

The author argues that American productivity and living standards, along with those of other countries, will improve only with a renewed commitment to open multilateral trade.

Few realize how bad the federal government's finances are, because most evaluations are based on what happened in the past--not what is likely to happen in the future.

This book discusses legalized protectionism in the World Trade Organization and what to do about it.

This book examines the phases of the Economic Stabilization Program from 1971 to 1974, analyzing the controls as an "income policy" tool that was part of the U.S. response to inflation.

The author offers recommendations for improving developing country debt.

The author concludes that fiscal policy is a more potent countercyclival tool than monetary policy under flexible exchange rates.

Contributors review the collapse of the Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates and the historic 1985 agreement by the Group of Five.

The Clinton administration has claimed its proposal to increase the minimum wage would not affect employment; other research supports that a higher minimum wage means fewer jobs.

Do saving incentives such as Individual Retirement Accounts stimulate new saving or merely reshuffle existing assets?