John F Walker, Harold G Vatter

History of US Economy Since World War II

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Produktbeschreibung

A collection of articles covering the economic history of the US over the last 50 years. It is selective in its coverage of important issues not often treated historically, such as the economics of medical care and the educational system.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 161mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 930g
• ISBN-13: 9781563244735
• ISBN-10: 156324473X
• Artikelnr.: 21320495

Autorenporträt

Harold G. Vatter, John F. Walker

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter I The Economy at Midcentury
The War's Consequences, Harold G. Vatter
The Inheritance of the Preceding Decades, Harold G. Vatter
Chapter II Highlights of Change in the Postwar Era
Some Deeper Currents in the Recent Past, Stuart Bruchey
A Brief Overview of Post-World War II Expansions, Stephen K. McNees
Science and Technology
Overview of U.S. Science and Technology
Technology and Natural Resource Use, John F. Walker, Harold G. Vatter
In the Shadow of the Bomb, Dick Russell
Chapter III Changes in the Structure of the Economy
Changes in Industry Shares of National Output, Charles J. Haulk
Taking In Each Other's Laundry-The Service Economy, Lynne E. Browne
Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Populations
City and Suburban Populations
State Population Trends
Geographical Mobility
Allocation of the National Output among Functions
Regional Perspectives, Howard L. Friedenberg, Rudolph E. DePass
U.S. Agriculture: Hard Realities and New Opportunities, Marvin R. Duncan
Changes in U.S. Industrial Structure: The Role of Global Forces, Secular Trends, and Transitory Cycles, Robert Z. Lawrence
Historical Data on Public Transit
The Road More Traveled, Mark O. Hatfield
Is There a Shortfall in Public Capital Investment?, George E. Peterson
Anatomy of the Voluntary Nonprofit Sector, Burton A. Weisbrod
A Monetary Perspective on Underground Economic Activity in the United States, Richard D. Porter, Amanda S. Bayer
Managerial Decline: The Military Industrial Influence, John E. Ullmann
Health Care: Dynamic Technology and Changing Demographics
Chapter IV The Evolution of the Business Sector
The Company in the Postwar World, Mansel G. Blackford, K. Austin Kerr
Recent Developments in Corporate Finance, Leland E. Crabbe, Margaret H. Pickering, Stephen D. Prouse
The State of Small Business: A Report of the President
Chapter V The Labor Force and Labor Organization
Issues in Labor Supply, Janice Shack-Marquez
The 1980s: A Decade of Job Growth and Industry Shifts, Lois M. Plunkert
The Changing Labor Force: Some Provocative Findings, William E. Cullison
The Labor Movement, Mary C. King
Chapter VI Changing Material Conditions and the Quality of Life
Social and Economic Change since the Great Depression: Studies of Census Data, 1940-80
The Changing Fortunes of American Families in the 1980s, Katharine L. Bradbury
Wage Inequality Takes a Great U-Turn, Bennett Harrison, Chris Tilly, Barry Bluestone
Trends in the Distribution of Wealth among American Families
How Family Spending Has Changed in the United States, Eva Jacobs, Stephanie Shipp
American Living Standards
Participation in Government Benefits Programs
Health Status of the American Population
The Crisis in Health Insurance
We the Americans ... Our Homes
Family-Related Benefits in the Workplace, William J. Wiatrowski
Children in Two-Worker Families and Real Family Income, Howard V. Hayghe
Economic Status of the Elderly
The Social and Economic Status of the Black Population
In Black America, Life Grows Shorter, Carlyle C. Douglas
We the American... Hispanics
The Minimum Wage: Its Relation to Incomes and Poverty, Ralph E. Smith, Bruce Vavrichek
The Changing Family in International Perspective
The Economic Effects of Immigration
Chapter VII Government Growth and Government as Manager
The Inevitability of Government Growth, Harold G. Vatter, John F. Walker
Real Public-Sector Employment Growth, Wagner's Law, and Economic Growth in the United States, Harold G. Vatter, John F. Walker
The Midwest Response to the New Federalism, Peter K. Eisinger, William T. Gormley
A Microeconomic Analysis of the Tax Reform Act of 1986
Do Taxes Change Behavior?
Do Higher Tax Rates Increase Tax Revenues?
Activist Government: Key to Growth, Walter W. Heller
Should Growth Be a Priority of National Policy?, Herbert Stein
Stagnation and Government Purchases, Harold G. Vatter, John F. Walker
Rethinking Regulation
Taking the Measure of Environmental Regulation, Paul R. Portney
The Road We've Traveled, Phyllis Myers
Consumer Protection: Problems and Prospects, Laurence P. Feldman, ed.
An Overview of Agricultural Policy ... Past, Present, and Future, Raymond E. Owens
Investment in Natural Resources
Two Decades of Energy Policy, Hans H. Landsberg
Welfare Dependency: Fact or Myth?, Richard D. Coe
The Case for a National Welfare Standard, Paul E. Peterson, Mark C. Rom
Social Security Programs in the United States
Military Expansion Economic Decline, Robert W. DeGrasse
The End of the Cold War
A Decent Home
A New Housing Policy for America, David C. Schwartz, Richard C. Ferlauto, Daniel N. Hoffman
A Study of Public Works Investment
How Federal Spending for Infrastructure and Other Public Investments Affects the Economy
A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform
A Limited War on Crime That We Can Win, John DiIulio
Crime and Drugs, Harold G. Vatter, John F. Walker
Chapter VIII The Financial Superstructure, Prices, and Monetary Policy
Financial Markets: Innovation and Stability
Report of Special Study of Securities Markets
Why Deposit Insurance Was Established and How It Is Supposed to Work
Eroding Market Imperfection: Implications for Financial Intermediaries, the Payments System, and Regulatory Reform, Robert A. Eisenbeis
Solvency Problems in the Insurance Industry
Dow Jones Industrial Average Is a Nonsense Number, John F. Walker
A Review of Predictability of Stock Market Prices, G. H. Lawson
A Half-Year Pause in Inflation: Its Antecedents and Structure, John F. Early, Walter Lane, Philip Sturm
The Federal Reserve Response, Sherman J. Maisel
Volcker's Revolution at the Fed, Andrew H. Bartels
How Monetarism Failed, Nicholas Kaldor
Eurodollars
Central Banking and Systemic Risks in Capital Markets, Andrew Brimmer
Chapter IX The Foreign Balance and Foreign Economic Policy
World Trade and Economic Growth
Multilateral Initiatives: The Uruguay Round
Changing U.S. Trade Patterns, Jack L. Hervey
The North American Free Trade Agreement
Multinational Corporations and the Trade-Investment Linkage
The Changing Role of the International Monetary Fund
The Marshall Plan and Early Bilateral Aid
The Foreign Aid Programs and the United States Economy
Overview of Foreign Assistance
U.S. Exchange Rate Policy: Bretton Woods to Present, B. Dianne Pauls
The Evolution of the Export-Import Bank
Immigration Policy: Political or Economic?, Vernon M. Briggs
Chapter X The Long Stagnation
Why Has the United States Operated Below Potential Since World War II?, John F. Walker, Harold G. Vatter