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100 1 _aHiggs, Robert.
245 1 0 _aDepression, war, and cold war :
_bstudies in political economy /
_cby Robert Higgs.
260 _aOakland, CA :
_bIndependent Institute,
_cc2006.
300 _axv, 221 p. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aRegime 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.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xEconomic conditions
_y20th century.
650 0 _aWar
_xEconomic aspects
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aDepressions
_y1929
_zUnited States.
856 4 1 _zTable of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0517/2005022028.html
856 4 2 _zPublisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0636/2005022028-d.html
856 4 2 _zContributor biographical information
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0723/2005022028-b.html
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