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Shaffer, Harry George was born on August 28, 1919 in Vienna, Austria. Arrived in the United States, 1940. Son of Max Schaffer and Teofilia (Infeld) Schaffer Weissman.
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The conventional wisdom has it that a balanced budget is the height of economic rationality, that social security should be privatized, and that most adult welfare recipients could and should get jobs. All our social and economic problems, we are told, are due to too much government; if we only left the American free enterprise system alone, the free market would heal all that ails our society and lead to lasting prosperity. Challenging these widespread stereotypes and myths, this book starts with the fundamental theory underlying capitalist ideology, showing that even in theory an unfettered free market cannot deal effectively with the many needs of a modern economy. Our society has many social goals to which the great majority subscribe—goals such as sustained full employment, universal health care, and quality education for all. The free market will not, the author argues, bring us quality education for every American child, affordable universal health care, Social Security for the elderly, assistance for the poor, or protection of the environment. Only an active, participant government can affect positive change in such areas of social concern.
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Pieces by Herbert Aptheker, Mme. Sun Yat-sen, Ho Chi Minh, and many others on Communism in the USSR, China, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, Albania, Korea, Cuba. Appendix of periodicals. 558 pages, textblock clean, bright and square. End and corner wear.
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Shaffer, Harry George was born on August 28, 1919 in Vienna, Austria. Arrived in the United States, 1940. Son of Max Schaffer and Teofilia (Infeld) Schaffer Weissman.
Bachelor of Science, New York University, 1947. Master of Arts, New York University, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1958.
Instructor Concord College, Athens, West Virginia, 1948-1950, University Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1950-1956. From assistant professor to professor University Kansas, Lawrence, 1956-1969, professor economics and Soviet and East European studies, 1969—1990, professor emeritus, from 1990. Visiting professor Portland State College, Oregon, summer 1963, University California-Davis, 1973-1974.
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Served with Military Intelligence, United States Army, 1943-1944. Member American Economic Association, Association Comparative Economic Studies, American Association of University Professors, Americans for Democratic Action, Common Cause, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Unity Church, Beta Gamma Sigma.
Married Betty Rosenzweig, June 7, 1987. Children by previous marriages: Bernard Charles, Ronald Eric, Len Joseph, Tanya Elaine. Stepchildren: Rene Carlis, Jamie Paul.