02941nam 2200601 a 450 991045164880332120200520144314.01-280-84555-40-19-534608-41-4294-3108-3(CKB)1000000000469660(EBL)271296(OCoLC)191924284(SSID)ssj0000136902(PQKBManifestationID)11136113(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000136902(PQKBWorkID)10084439(PQKB)11552553(MiAaPQ)EBC271296(Au-PeEL)EBL271296(CaPaEBR)ebr10160608(CaONFJC)MIL84555(OCoLC)935260367(EXLCZ)99100000000046966020050802d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDepression, war, and cold war[electronic resource] studies in political economy /by Robert HiggsOakland, CA Independent Institutec20061 online resource (238 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-518292-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.WarEconomic aspectsUnited StatesDepressions1929United StatesUnited StatesEconomic conditions20th centuryElectronic books.WarEconomic aspectsDepressions330.973/091Higgs Robert249685MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451648803321Depression, war, and cold war1944507UNINA