American Economic Development since 1945

SAMUEL ROSENBERG is Professor of Economics and Director of the Honors Program at Roosevelt University, Chicago.

• Editors' Preface.- Preface.- PART I: INTRODUCTION.- Introduction.- Economic Mobilization for Survival, 1940-1960.- PART II: THE MAKING OF AN INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK, 1945-1960.- Macroeconomic Policy, Economic Instability and Economic Growth.- Business-Labor Relations: Conflict Amidst Stability.- From Dollar Shortage to Dollar Glut.- PART III: STRAINS DEVELOPING WITHIN THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK, 1960-1971.- From Guideposts to Controls: The Rise and Fall of Keynesian Demand Management.- Standoff at the Workplace.- The Persistence of Inequality and the Limits of Liberal Policy.- The Dollar: No Longer as Good as Gold.- PART IV: THE UNMAKING OF AN INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK AND THE RECREATION OF ANOTHER, 1971-2000.- Stagflation, 1971-1980.- The Economic and Political Stalemate, 1971-1980.- Restructuring the Economy: The Market-Based Conservative Strategy, 1981-1992.- Toward the 21st Century: A Reinvigorated Economy, 1993-2000.- Bibliography.- Index.

'This clear, well-organized work belongs in any library. Summing up: Highly recommended.' - M Perelman, Choice '...an outstanding summary statement of more than fifty-five years of American economic history and policy.' - Michael Meeropol, Challenge 'Interesting, thought-provoking reading.' - Louis P Cain, EH-Net 'Rosenberg has produced a valuable volume for anybody who wants an overview of the postwar US economy. It would be useful as a textbook for college-level courses on US history, for people interested in materials for noncurricular political economy education seminars, as well as for the interested general reader.' - Michael Perelman, Review of Radical Political Economics '...among the best introductory surveys of modern US economic history.' - Iwan Morgan, The Economic History Review