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

• Autore: Higgs Robert
• Pubblicazione: Oakland, CA, : Independent Institute, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (238 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.973/091
• Soggetto topico: War - Economic aspects - United States; Depressions - 1929 - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Economic conditions 20th century
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Depression, war, and cold war
• ISBN: 0-19-771004-2; 1-280-84555-4; 0-19-534608-4; 1-4294-3108-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777891603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II