Depression, war, and cold war : studies in political economy /
Higgs, Robert.
Depression, war, and cold war : studies in political economy / by Robert Higgs. - Oakland, CA : Independent Institute, c2006. - xv, 221 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0195182928 (cloth : alk. paper)
2005022028
War--Economic aspects--United States.
Depressions--United States.--1929
United States--Economic conditions--20th century.
HC106 / .H535 2006
330.973/091
Depression, war, and cold war : studies in political economy / by Robert Higgs. - Oakland, CA : Independent Institute, c2006. - xv, 221 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0195182928 (cloth : alk. paper)
2005022028
War--Economic aspects--United States.
Depressions--United States.--1929
United States--Economic conditions--20th century.
HC106 / .H535 2006
330.973/091