The big handout : how US subsidies and corporate welfare corrupt the world we live in and wreak havoc on our food bills
Kostigen, Thomas2012
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The Big Handout is about bad fiscal, environmental, agricultural, water, energy, health, and foreign policies. And its a story about just one thing - subsidies. Kostigen explores government policies that cost US taxpayers $200 billion per year
Main title:
Author:
Imprint:
Brunswick Scribe 2012
Collation:
288 pages
Contents:
The grocery store -- The advent of subsidies -- The meat counter -- Poultry -- Pork -- Dairy -- Sugar and beverages -- Breads and cereals -- Rice -- Cotton -- Fruits and vegetables -- Fish -- Oil and gas -- Steel -- The growth of subsidies -- Why they make us poor -- Why they make us fat -- Why they make use hated -- Wrecking the environment -- Who benefits -- Power players -- What can we do to change? -- What would the world look like without subsidies?
ISBN:
9781921844737 (pbk)
Dewey class:
338.1873 BIG
Local class:
338.1873
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3719
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys | Nonfiction | 338.1873 BIG | Available |