Contours of descent : U.S. economic fractures and the landscape of global austerity / Robert Pollin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pollin, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Economic policy--1993-2001.

United States.

Economic policy.

United States--Economic policy--2001-2009.

United States--Economic conditions--1981-2001.

Economic conditions.

United States--Economic conditions--2001-2009.

Recessions.

Financial crises.

International economic relations.

Physical Description:

xiii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Verso, 2003.

Summary:

The concepts of modernity and modernism are among the most controversial and vigorously debated in contemporary philosophy and cultural theory. In this new, muscular intervention, Jameson explores these notions in a fresh and illuminating manner.

Contents:

Neoliberal consensus: Clinton, Bush, Greenspan, IMF

Clintonomics: the hollow boom

The down side of fabulous

Money grab and recession: the bush economy

The landscape of global austerity

Another path is possible

Appendix 1. U.S. macroeconomic trends 1960-2000 by NBER cycle data groupings

Appendix 2. A Phillips curve model with unit labor costs

Appendix 3. Measuring the impact of alternative influences on the federal fiscal budget.

Notes:

Revision of a paper in the volume entitled: The economics of the third way published in 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-229) and index.

ISBN:

1859846734

OCLC:

52478410