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‘What’s the Economy For, Anyway?’ by John de Graaf and David K. Batker

By Chuck Leddy

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  November 09, 2011

In “What’s the Economy For Anyway?’’ John de Graaf and David K. Batker suggest that our economic goals are wrong, that we need to restructure our economy away from growth-at-all-costs and unequal distribution of income to “a holistic approach . . . that provides the greatest good for the greatest number over the longest run.’’ Government, they assert, can play a useful role in making our lives better.

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