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Better Living through Economics: Edited by John J. Siegfried; Economists were obviously instrumental in revising the consumer price index and in devising auctions for allocating spectrum rights to cell phone providers in the 1990s. But perhaps more surprisingly, economists built the foundation for eliminating the military draft in favor of an all-volunteer army in 1973, for passing the Earned Income Tax Credit in 1975, and for implementing the Pension Reform Act of 2006 that allowed employers to automatically enroll employees in a 401(k).Better Living Through Economics consists of twelve case studies that demonstrate how economic research has improved economic and social conditions over the past half century by influencing public policy decisions.; Hardcover January 2010

Government by Contract: Edited by Jody Freeman; Edited by Martha Minow; Explains the phenomenon and scope of government outsourcing and sets an agenda for future research attentive to workforce capacities as well as legal, economic, and political concerns.; Hardcover February 2009