History of the U.S. Economy Since World War IIM.E. Sharpe, 1996 - 499 страници A comprehensive edited collection rather than a standard textbook. Many of the selections are by eminent figures in the field, and were written over a period of almost 50 years. The 105 selections are arranged in 10 parts: the economy at midcentury; highlights of change if the postwar era; changes in the structure of the economy; the evolution of the business sector; the labor force and labor organization; changing material conditions and the quality of life; government growth and government as manager; the financial superstructure, prices, and monetary policy; the foreign balance and foreign economic policy; and the long stagnation. Paper edition (unseen), $28.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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The Economy at Midcentury | 3 |
The Inheritance of the Preceding Decades | 11 |
Highlights of Change in the Postwar Era | 24 |
A Brief Overview of PostWorld War II Expansions | 48 |
Overview of U S Science and Technology | 56 |
Changes in the Structure of the Economy 65 | 65 |
Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Populations | 76 |
Allocation of the National Output among Functions | 82 |
Do Higher Tax Rates Increase Tax Revenues? | 282 |
Should Growth Be a Priority of National Policy? | 288 |
Rethinking Regulation | 296 |
Taking the Measure of Environmental Regulation | 308 |
Problems and Prospects | 318 |
Investment in Natural Resources | 334 |
Fact or Myth? | 344 |
Social Security Programs in the United States | 350 |
Regional Perspectives | 88 |
The Role of Global | 97 |
A Monetary Perspective on Underground Economic | 116 |
Dynamic Technology and Changing | 123 |
Recent Developments in Corporate Finance | 149 |
The Labor Force and Labor Organization | 161 |
A Decade of Job Growth and Industry Shifts | 168 |
The Labor Movement | 176 |
Changing Material Conditions and the Quality of Life | 199 |
The Changing Fortunes of American Families | 208 |
Trends in the Distribution of Wealth among | 214 |
American Living Standards | 221 |
Participation in Government Benefits Programs | 227 |
We the Americans Our Homes | 235 |
Children in TwoWorker Families and Real Family Income | 241 |
x | 246 |
Its Relation to Incomes and Poverty | 252 |
The Economic Effects of Immigration | 259 |
Real PublicSector Employment Growth Wagners | 269 |
A Microeconomic Analysis of the Tax Reform | 276 |
Military Expansion Economic Decline | 356 |
A New Housing Policy for America | 362 |
How Federal Spending for Infrastructure and Other | 368 |
Crime and Drugs | 376 |
Report of Special Study of Securities Markets | 395 |
Implications for Financial | 402 |
A Review of Predictability of Stock Market Prices | 410 |
The Federal Reserve Response | 416 |
How Monetarism Failed | 423 |
The Foreign Balance and Foreign Economic Policy | 432 |
The Uruguay Round | 441 |
The North American Free Trade Agreement | 449 |
The Changing Role of the International Monetary Fund | 455 |
The Foreign Aid Programs and the United States | 461 |
Overview of Foreign Assistance | 463 |
Bretton Woods to Present | 469 |
The Long Stagnation | 481 |
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About the Editors 499 | |
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History of the U. S. Economy Since World War II Harold G. Vatter,John F. Walker Ограничен достъп - 1995 |
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