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Author	Chait, Jonathan.
Title	The big con : the true story of how Washington got hoodwinked and hijacked by crackpot economics / Jonathan Chait.
Publication Info.	Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2007.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 3	330.973 C	IN LIBRARY

Description	x, 294 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-283) and index.
Contents	Charlatans and cranks -- The sum of all lobbies -- Driving out the heretics -- The necessity of deceit -- Media : the dog that didn't watch -- How Washington imagines character -- The abuse of power -- The mainstreaming of radicalism.
Subject	Lobbying -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
	Economists -- United States -- Political activity.
	Political corruption -- United States.
	Deception -- Political aspects -- United States.
	United States -- Economic policy -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Added Title	True story of how Washington got hoodwinked and hijacked by crackpot economics
ISBN	9780618685400
	0618685405

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