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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451648803321

Autore

Higgs Robert

Titolo

Depression, war, and cold war [[electronic resource] ] : studies in political economy / / by Robert Higgs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakland, CA, : Independent Institute, c2006

ISBN

1-280-84555-4

0-19-534608-4

1-4294-3108-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Disciplina

330.973/091

Soggetti

War - Economic aspects - United States

Depressions - 1929 - United States

Electronic books.

United States Economic conditions 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.