America's soluble problems / John Mills
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- 2930032
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- Author:
- Mills, John
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- New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999
- xi, 174 p. ; 22 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0312222769
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- Machine derived contents note: Preface vii
- I . Introduction 1
- The Case for Economic Growth 7
- Current Problems 11
- History and Ideology 16
- Choices for the Future 21
- 2. The Historical Setting 23
- US Economic History up to World War I 24
- Boom and Depression: from World War I to World War II 30
- Prosperity post-World War II 36
- Gathering Clouds 41
- 3. The Monetarist Era 44
- Monetarist Theory and Practice 48
- The Years when Monetarism Reigned 54
- Clinton and the 1990s 64
- 4. Economic Growth 69
- Competitiveness 71
- Protectionism and Free Trade 75
- Recapturing Home and Export Markets 78
- Returns on Investment 84
- Changing the Exchange Rate 87
- Policy Implications 92
- 5. Full Employment 95
- Comparative Experience 98
- False Trails 102
- Supply-side Mirages 106
- Growth and the Trade Balance 111
- Wider Perspectives 116
- 6. Inflation and Living Standards 121
- Devaluation and the Price Level 125
- Leading Sector Inflation 129
- Shocks to the System 132
- Excessive Demand 136
- Labour Costs 139
- Summary 143
- 7. America's Soluble Problems 147
- Agenda for the Future 151
- Pitfalls and Realism 156
- Reassessing the Past 159
- Choices for the Future 164
- Bibliography 169
- Index 172.
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-174)
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