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Samuelson, Robert J.
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Inflation (Finance) -- United States.
United States -- Economic policy.
United States -- Economic conditions.
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The great inflation ...
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The great inflation and its aftermath : the past and future of American affluence / Robert J. Samuelson.
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Samuelson, Robert J.
New York : Random House, c2008.
Subjects
Inflation (Finance) -- United States.
United States -- Economic policy.
United States -- Economic conditions.
ISBN:
9780375505485 (alk. paper) :
0375505482 (alk. paper) :
Description:
xxii, 309 p. ; 25 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
Contents:
The lost history -- The "full employment" obsession -- The money connection -- A compact of conviction -- Capitalism restored -- Precarious prosperity -- The future of affluence.
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The Great Inflation, argues journalist Samuelson, was the worst domestic policy blunder of the postwar era and played a crucial role in transforming American politics, economy, and everyday life--and yet its story is hardly remembered or appreciated. From 1960 to 1979, inflation rose from barely more than 1 percent to nearly 14 percent--the greatest peacetime inflationary spike in this nation's history. It had massive repercussions in every area of our lives. The direct consequences included Ronald Reagan's election in 1980, stagnation in living standards, and a growing belief that the great-power status of the United States was ending. The end of high inflation in the brutal 1981-82 recession, engineered by the Federal Reserve under then-chairman Paul Volcker, triggered economic and social changes that are still with us. The stock market and housing booms were both direct outcomes; American business became more productive--and also much less protective of workers; and globalization was encouraged.--From publisher description.
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Hawaii State Library
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332.41097 Sa
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