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Depression, war, and Cold War : studies in political economy / Robert Higgs.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Higgs, Robert, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Depressions--1929--United States.
- Depressions.
- United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945.
- United States.
- United States--Economic conditions--1945-.
- United States--Economic policy--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (238 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Higgs, a highly regarded economic historian, makes pointed, fresh economic arguments against war, showing links between government policies and the economy in a clear, accessible way. He boldly questions, for instance, the widely accepted idea that WWII was the chief reason the Depression-era economy recovered.
- 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:
- Previously issued in print: 2006.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-029300-4
- 0-19-771004-2
- 1-280-84555-4
- 0-19-534608-4
- 1-4294-3108-3
- OCLC:
- 191924284
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