02767nam 2200637 a 450 991021998420332120200520144314.01-282-45125-197866124512560-8330-4863-5(CKB)2520000000008275(EBL)475068(OCoLC)593214050(SSID)ssj0000333911(PQKBManifestationID)11929173(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000333911(PQKBWorkID)10378093(PQKB)11136010(MiAaPQ)EBC475068(MiAaPQ)EBC4970004(Au-PeEL)EBL4970004(CaONFJC)MIL245125(OCoLC)1027155737(PPN)270260765(EXLCZ)99252000000000827520090206d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAdjusting to global economic change the dangerous road ahead /Robert A. LevineSanta Monica, CA Rand20091 online resource (31 p.)Occasional paper ;OP-243-RPCDescription based upon print version of record.0-8330-4652-7 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Preface; Acknowledgments; Adjusting to Global Economic Change: The Dangerous Road Ahead; History: 1929-1939; Theory; History: 1939-1971; History: 1972-1986; Theory; History: 1986-2000; History and Theory: 2000-2008; Prospects; Policy Responses; Appendix - Economic TheoryThe author combines macroeconomic history with a brief exposition of economic theory that stems from and explains that history and explores how that experience may apply to the future. He examines the Great Depression, World War II and the following prosperous quarter century, the stagflation and recovery of the 1970s and 1980s, the information technology boom that lasted through the 1990s, and the current economic crisis. In most macroeconomic crises, the worst case--depression or inflation--is fairly clear, and modern policymakers have the tools at hand to cope. He warns that the worst caseOccasional paper (Rand Corporation) ;OP-243-RPC.International economic relationsGlobalizationEconomic aspectsEconomic forecastingInternational economic relations.GlobalizationEconomic aspects.Economic forecasting.337Levine Robert A93076MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910219984203321Adjusting to global economic change2872851UNINA