Depression, war, and cold war : studies in political economy / by Robert Higgs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Higgs, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Economic conditions--20th century.

United States.

Economic conditions.

War--Economic aspects--United States.

War.

War--Economic aspects.

Depressions--1929--United States.

Depressions.

Physical Description:

xv, 221 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, CA : Independent Institute, [2006]

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0195182928

OCLC:

61303343

Publisher Number:

9780195182927

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