Nevada's Great Recession
Nevada's Great Recession

Author: Elliott Parker

Publisher: University of Nevada Press

Published: 2017-07-26

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 0874175976

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Of all economic recessions experienced by the United States in the postwar period, the Great Recession that began in 2008 was the deepest, longest, and most destructive. Nevada was among the hardest hit states, its people reeling from the aftereffects, and the state government also experiencing a severe fiscal crisis. University of Nevada economics professor Elliott Parker and then-State Treasurer Kate Marshall make sense of what went wrong and why, with the hope the state will learn lessons to prevent past mistakes from being made again. This is a different kind of economics book. Parker uses his expertise from doing research on the East Asian fiscal crisis to give profound insights into what happened and how to avoid future catastrophes. Marshall personalizes it by providing vignettes of what it was actually like to be in the trenches and fighting the inevitable political battles that came up, and counteracting some of the falsehoods that certain politicians were spreading about the recession. Parker and Marshall’s book should be required reading for not only every single elected official in Nevada, but for any private citizen who cares about the public good.

Low-Income Residents and People of Color in Nevada Are Living Near Chemical Dangers - The Center for Effective Government Graded States Based on the Dangers Faced by People of Color and Residents with Incomes Below the Poverty Line Living Within One Mile of - Nationally, 7.5 Percent of the Population Lives Within One Mile of a Hazardous Facility
Low-Income Residents and People of Color in Nevada Are Living Near Chemical Dangers - The Center for Effective Government Graded States Based on the Dangers Faced by People of Color and Residents with Incomes Below the Poverty Line Living Within One Mile of - Nationally, 7.5 Percent of the Population Lives Within One Mile of a Hazardous Facility

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Microsoft Word - Nevada BG.docx Low-Income Residents and People of Color in Nevada Are Living Near Chemical Dangers The Center for Effective Government graded states based on the dangers faced by people of color and residents with incomes below the poverty line living within one mile of dangerous facilities, compared to white and non-poor people in these areas. [...] Are people of color and low-income residents of Nevada safe from chemical hazards? Compared to most states, Nevada has a relatively small proportion of its total population living within one mile of a hazardous facility (4.1 percent). [...] Inequities in Likelihood of Living in a Fenceline Community Income (Poverty) Inequities Score Grade Income (Poverty) Inequities Score Grade Percentage of People of Color Who Live in Fenceline 5.3% B Percentage of Poor People Who Live in Fenceline 5.8% B Likelihood of People of Color to Live in Fenceline (compared to whites) 1.7 times more likely C Likelihood of Poor People to Live in Fenceline (co. [...] You can attend public meetings and planning hearings and urge decision makers to think carefully about the sites chosen for new industrial facilities, and you can write, call, and meet with other state, county, and city officials to send the message that all Nevada residents deserve to be protected from chemical dangers. [...] You can also demand that the federal government require facilities to switch to safer chemicals and alternatives whenever feasible and urge the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection and the state-level OSHA to conduct more thorough and frequent inspections to spot problems before they cause disasters.

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Author: Nevada. Welfare Division

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Published: 1966

Total Pages: 30

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