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Economic puppetmasters : lessons from the halls of power/ Lawrence B. Lindsey.
Lippincott Library HC59.15 .L56 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lindsey, Lawrence.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic history--1990-.
- Economic history.
- Economic policy.
- Greenspan, Alan, 1926-.
- Sakakibara, Eisuke.
- Kohl, Helmut, 1930-2017.
- Soros, George.
- Physical Description:
- x, 215 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : AEI Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- An insider's perspective on the bureaucratic structure of governmental institutions that shape economic policy, and the incentives and limitations of the individuals who head them.
- Contents:
- 1 Masters of the System
- Or Its Servants? 1
- 2 The Contrarian at the Center 20
- 3 Supply Shocks and Creative Destruction 36
- 4 The Mandarin 54
- 5 Mandate of Heaven Withdrawn 80
- 6 The Dictates of History 97
- 7 Europe's Great Experiment 115
- 8 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever 131
- 9 An Intellectual Confusion between Supply and Demand 144
- 10 The Criteria for Successful Economic Management 167.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-207) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0844740829
- OCLC:
- 40298443
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