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Depression, war, and cold war : studies in political economy

Aims to recast our view of the relations between the federal government and the economy from the New Deal era to the end of the Cold War, presenting evidence, statistical analyses, and different interpretations of familiar data. This book is of interest to students, researchers, and educated lay people in political economy and economic history
eBook, English, ©2006
Independent Institute, Oakland, CA, ©2006
1 online resource (xv, 221 pages)
9780195182927, 9781280845550, 9780195346084, 9781429431088, 0195182928, 1280845554, 0195346084, 1429431083
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Regime uncertainty : why the great depression lasted so long and why prosperity resumed after the war
Private profit, public risk : institutional antecedents of the modern military procurement system in the rearmament program of 1940-1941
Wartime prosperity? a reassessment of the U.S. economy in the 1940s
Wartime socialization of investment : a reassessment of U.S. capital formation in the 1940s
From central planning to the market : the American transition, 1945-1947
The cold war economy : opportunity costs, ideology, and the politics of crisis
Hard coals make bad law : congressional parochialism versus national defense
Airplanes the Pentagon didn't want, but Congress did
Profits of U.S. defense contractors
Public opinion : a powerful predictor of U.S. defense spending
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