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| TITLE: |
Depression, war, and cold war : studies in political economy / by Robert Higgs. |
| AUTHOR: |
Higgs, Robert. |
| PUBLISHED: |
Oakland, CA : Independent Institute, c2006. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
xv, 221 p. ; 24 cm. |
| NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| NOTES: |
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. |
| SUBJECT: |
United States--Economic conditions--20th century. |
| SUBJECT: |
War--Economic aspects--United States. |
| SUBJECT: |
Depressions--1929--United States. |
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