Depression War and Cold War by Robert Higgs Hardback English
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------------------------------ Book details ------------------------------ Author: Robert Higgs Title: Depression War and Cold War Format: Hardback Language: English Topic: Political economy Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Publication year: 2006 ISBN-13: 9780195182927 ISBN-10: 0195182928 RRP: £74.00
------------------------------ Description ------------------------------ Other books exist that warn of the dangers of empire and war. However, few, if any, of these books do so from a scholarly, informed economic standpoint. In Depression, War, and Cold War , Robert 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 World War II was the chief reason the Depression-era economy recovered. The book as a whole covers American economic history from the Great Depression through the Cold War. Part I centers on the Depression and World War II. It addresses the impact of government policies on the private sector, the effects of wartime procurement policies on the economy, and the economic consequences of the transition to a peacetime economy after the victorious end of the war. Part II focuses on the Cold War, particularly on the links between Congress and defense procur
In Depression, War, and Cold War, economic historian and political economist Robert Higgs recasts our view of the relations between the federal government and the economy from the New Deal era to the end of the Cold War, presenting new evidence, new statistical analyses, and new interpretations of familiar data. The result is a strikingly altered panorama of recent U.S. history.
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