TY - BOOK AU - Higgs,Robert TI - Depression, war, and cold war: studies in political economy SN - 0195182928 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - HC106 .H535 2006 U1 - 330.973/091 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Oakland, CA PB - Independent Institute KW - War KW - Economic aspects KW - United States KW - Depressions KW - 1929 KW - Economic conditions KW - 20th century N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0517/2005022028.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0636/2005022028-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0723/2005022028-b.html ER -