LEADER 03635nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910456964103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-09622-6 010 $a9786613096227 010 $a0-300-16875-6 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300168754 035 $a(CKB)2550000000032909 035 $a(OCoLC)719377502 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10466271 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000469713 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11330404 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000469713 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10511855 035 $a(PQKB)10746683 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420681 035 $a(DE-B1597)485797 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300168754 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420681 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10466271 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL309622 035 $a(OCoLC)923595986 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000032909 100 $a20100917d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA great leap forward$b[electronic resource] $e1930s Depression and U.S. economic growth /$fAlexander J. Field 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource 225 1 $aYale series in economic and financial history 311 $a0-300-15109-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tIntroduction --$t1. The Most Technologically Progressive Decade of the Century --$t2. The Interwar Years --$t3. The Second World War --$t4. The Golden Age and Beyond --$t5. The Information Technology Boom --$t6. Fin De Siècle: The Late Nineteenth Century in the Mirror of the Twentieth --$t7. Procyclical TFP --$t8. The Equipment Hypothesis --$t9. General-Purpose Technologies --$t10. Financial Fragility and Recovery --$t11. Uncontrolled Land Development and the Duration of the Depression --$t12. Do Economic Downturns Have A Silver Lining? --$tEpilogue --$tAppendix: A Brief Description of Growth Accounting Methods --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThis bold re-examination of the history of U.S. economic growth is built around a novel claim, that productive capacity grew dramatically across the Depression years (1929-1941) and that this advance provided the foundation for the economic and military success of the United States during the Second World War as well as for the golden age (1948-1973) that followed. Alexander J. Field takes a fresh look at growth data and concludes that, behind a backdrop of double-digit unemployment, the 1930's actually experienced very high rates of technological and organizational innovation, fueled by the maturing of a privately funded research and development system and the government-funded build-out of the country's surface road infrastructure. This significant new volume in the Yale Series in Economic and Financial History invites new discussion of the causes and consequences of productivity growth over the last century and a half and on our current prospects. 410 0$aYale series in economic and financial history. 606 $aDepressions$y1929$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic conditions$y1918-1945 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic conditions$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDepressions 676 $a330.973/0917 700 $aField$b Alexander J$0250684 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456964103321 996 $aA great leap forward$92488760 997 $aUNINA