Economic events, ideas, and policies : the 1960s and after / George L. Perry, James Tobin, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Perry, George L., 1934-

Tobin, James, 1918-2002.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Economic policy--1961-1971.

United States.

Economic policy.

United States--Economic policy.

United States--Economic conditions--1961-1971.

Economic conditions.

United States--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

xiv, 365 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Brookings Institution Press, [2000]

Summary:

This volume examines how the application of economic analysis has affected U.S. policymaking since the 1960s. Contributors include William J. Baumol (Princeton, New York University), Robert Haveman (University of California), Richard Cooper (Harvard), Alan Krueger (Princeton), Paul Krugman (MIT), Robert Solow (MIT), and William Brainard (Yale).

Contents:

Part I. Stabilization and Growth

1 Rapid Economic Growth, Equitable Income Distribution, and the Optimal Range of Innovation Spillovers / William J. Baumol 3

2 Making Policy in a Changing World / William C. Brainard, George L. Perry 43

3 The End of Stabilization Policy? / Paul Krugman 83

4 The Kennedy Council and the Long Run / Robert M. Solow 111

Part II. The United States and the International Economy

5 Foreign Economic Policy in the 1960s: An Enduring Legacy / Richard N. Cooper 139

6 From Benign Neglect to Malignant Preoccupation: U.S. Balance of Payments Policy in the 1960s / Barry Eichengreen 185

Part III. Labor Markets and Distribution

7 Poverty and the Distribution of Economic Well-Being since the 1960s / Robert Haveman 243

8 Labor Policy and Labor Research since the 1960s: Two Ships Sailing in Orthogonal Directions? / Alan B. Krueger 299.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

081577012X

0815770111

OCLC:

44167274