American Economic Development since 1945: Growth, Decline and Rejuvenation

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Front Matter....Pages i-xii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction....Pages 3-18 Economic Mobilization for Survival, 1940–45....Pages 19-39 Front Matter....Pages 41-41 Macroeconomic Policy, Economic Instability and Economic Growth....Pages 43-63 Business—Labor Relations: Conflict Amidst Stability....Pages 64-82 From Dollar Shortage to Dollar Glut....Pages 83-99 Front Matter....Pages 101-101 From Guideposts to Controls: The Rise and Fall of Keynesian Demand Management Policy....Pages 103-123 Standoff at the Workplace....Pages 124-140 The Persistence of Inequality and the Limits of Liberal Policy....Pages 141-160 The Dollar: No Longer As Good As Gold....Pages 161-179 Front Matter....Pages 181-181 Stagflation, 1971–80....Pages 183-207 The Economic and Political Stalemate, 1971–80....Pages 208-233 Restructuring the Economy: The Market-Based Conservative Strategy, 1981–92....Pages 234-278 Toward the Twenty-first Century: A Reinvigorated Economy, 1993–2000....Pages 279-312 Back Matter....Pages 313-339