LEADER 02937nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910777891603321 005 20230829004727.0 010 $a0-19-771004-2 010 $a1-280-84555-4 010 $a0-19-534608-4 010 $a1-4294-3108-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000469660 035 $a(EBL)271296 035 $a(OCoLC)191924284 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000136902 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11136113 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000136902 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10084439 035 $a(PQKB)11552553 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL271296 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10160608 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL84555 035 $a(OCoLC)935260367 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC271296 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000469660 100 $a20050802d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDepression, war, and cold war$b[electronic resource] $estudies in political economy /$fby Robert Higgs 210 $aOakland, CA $cIndependent Institute$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (238 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-518292-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aRegime 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. 330 $aAims 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. 606 $aWar$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States 606 $aDepressions$y1929$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic conditions$y20th century 615 0$aWar$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aDepressions 676 $a330.973/091 700 $aHiggs$b Robert$0249685 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777891603321 996 $aDepression, war, and cold war$93687451 997 $aUNINA