• Preface; Prologue; 1. The ingredients of a model of a new economics; 2. Challenges to the new economics of the 1920s; 3. The new economics at center stage in 1929; 4. Activating the stabilization model in late 1929 and 1930; 5. Preliminary readings of the results of the stabilization strategy; 6. The unraveling of the first official model in 1931; 7. Shifting course in late 1931 and early 1932; 8. Renewing the offensive in February and March; 9. The economists and their views on policy for 1932; 10. Official model II as shaped in May 1932 and the aftermath; Epilogue; Notes; Selected bibliography, Index.

'Barber has written an exciting, well crafted and important book that succeeds in what it sets out to do. It deserves a careful reading by all serious students of the Hoover period, American economic thought, and American economic policy.' The Journal of Economic History

• Preface; Prologue; 1. The ingredients of a model of a new economics; 2. Challenges to the new economics of the 1920s; 3. The new economics at center stage in 1929; 4. Activating the stabilization model in late 1929 and 1930; 5. Preliminary readings of the results of the stabilization strategy; 6. The unraveling of the first official model in 1931; 7. Shifting course in late 1931 and early 1932; 8. Renewing the offensive in February and March; 9. The economists and their views on policy for 1932; 10. Official model II as shaped in May 1932 and the aftermath; Epilogue; Notes; Selected bibliography, Index.

'Barber has written an exciting, well crafted and important book that succeeds in what it sets out to do. It deserves a careful reading by all serious students of the Hoover period, American economic thought, and American economic policy.' The Journal of Economic History

• Preface; Prologue; 1. The ingredients of a model of a new economics; 2. Challenges to the new economics of the 1920s; 3. The new economics at center stage in 1929; 4. Activating the stabilization model in late 1929 and 1930; 5. Preliminary readings of the results of the stabilization strategy; 6. The unraveling of the first official model in 1931; 7. Shifting course in late 1931 and early 1932; 8. Renewing the offensive in February and March; 9. The economists and their views on policy for 1932; 10. Official model II as shaped in May 1932 and the aftermath; Epilogue; Notes; Selected bibliography, Index.

'Barber has written an exciting, well crafted and important book that succeeds in what it sets out to do. It deserves a careful reading by all serious students of the Hoover period, American economic thought, and American economic policy.' The Journal of Economic History