TY - BOOK ID - 14265560 TI - Crunch : why do I feel so squeezed? (and other unsolved economic mysteries) PY - 2008 SN - 1576754774 9781576755509 9786612298905 1282298909 1576755509 9781576755501 9781605097718 1605097713 9781576754771 1605095354 PB - San Francisco, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, DB - UniCat KW - Cost and standard of living - United States. KW - Cost and standard of living --United States. KW - Fiscal policy - United States. KW - Fiscal policy --United States. KW - Globalization. KW - Income distribution - United States. KW - Income distribution --United States. KW - United States - Economic policy - 2001-. KW - United States - Economic policy - 2001-2009. KW - United States --Economic policy --2001-2009. KW - Fiscal policy KW - Cost and standard of living KW - Income distribution KW - Globalization KW - Economic History KW - Business & Economics KW - United States KW - Economic policy KW - Global cities KW - Globalisation KW - Internationalization KW - International relations KW - Anti-globalization movement KW - 330.02 KW - 330.1 KW - AA / International- internationaal KW - Theorie van de economische kringloop KW - Domein en natuur van de staathuishoudkunde UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14265560 AB - Is Social Security really going bust, and what does that mean to me? If I hire an immigrant, am I hurting a native-born worker? Why does the stock market go up when employment declines? Should I give that homeless guy a buck? What's a "living wage"? How much can presidents really affect economic outcomes? What does the Federal Reserve Bank really do? And even when some pundits say the economy's sound, why do I still feel so squeezed?If you'd like some straight answers, premier economist Jared Bernstein is here to help. In Crunch he responds to dozens of questions he has fielded from working Am ER -