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Measuring America : how economic growth came to define American greatness in the late twentieth century / Andrew L. Yarrow.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yarrow, Andrew L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economics--United States--Sociological aspects.
- Economics.
- Public opinion--United States.
- Public opinion.
- Nationalism--United States.
- Nationalism.
- Economics--Sociological aspects--United States.
- United States--Economic conditions--20th century.
- United States.
- United States--Social conditions--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 240 p. ) ill. ;
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The United States has always fancied itself a nation apart--"exceptional" in its values, traditions, and way of life.For most of the country's history, ideas about what made America distinctive generally were framed in terms of a liberal idealism rooted in the thought of John Locke and articulated by Jefferson, Madison, and other Founders.
- Contents:
- The economics profession and the changing discourse
- Economists come to Washington
- Business's new paradigm, "people's capitalism"
- The big postwar story
- Defining the new America for the world
- Beyond civics and the 3 R's
- A flawed measure: critics and realities
- Measuring America in the twenty-first century.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61376-054-X
- OCLC:
- 793341703
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