{"product_id":"understanding-american-economic-decline-paperback-9780521456791","title":"Understanding American Economic Decline (Paperback) 9780521456791","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUnderstanding American Economic Decline\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEssays by leading scholars present a novel and systematic analysis of the economic difficulties confronting the United States.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael A. Bernstein (Edited by), David E. Adler (Edited by), Robert Heilbroner (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521456791, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 29 July 1994\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e428 pages, 36 b\/w illus.  22 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.7 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.58 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...the authors raise questions that are timely as a backdrop to the current debate over President Clinton's economic policy.\"   The Washington Monthly\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe public has long been painfully aware of the economy's stagnation. The contemporary recession has brought to the foreground problems which have been germinating for decades. Falling real wages, slow productivity growth, and the loss of international competitiveness in major industries all are outgrowths of long-term developments that predate this crisis. As the United States moves from a position of global economic leadership to one of economic interdependence, we need alternative approaches to explain the dramatic changes in the US economy. This collection of essays, written by leading scholars, presents a systematic analysis of the nation's economic woes. The authors furnish more than hard-hitting criticisms of the US economy. They provide hope as they offer solutions to America's most pressing economic problems.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword: writing about the economic future Robert L. Heilbroner\u003cbr\u003e Preface David E. Adler\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Historical Perspectives: 1. Understanding American economic decline: the contours of the late-twentieth-century experience Michael A. Bernstein\u003cbr\u003e 2. Chickens home to roost: from prosperity to stagnation in the postwar US economy David M. Gordon\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Institutional and Structural Perspectives: 3. Creating and extracting value: corporate investment behaviour and American economic performance William Lazonick\u003cbr\u003e 4. Financial institutions and contemporary economic performance Jane Knodell\u003cbr\u003e 5. Industries, trade and wages James K. Galbraith and Paulo Du Pin Calmon\u003cbr\u003e 6. A comparative analysis of the sources of America's relative economic decline Jeffrey A. Hart\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Policy Perspectives: 7. Right-wing economics in the 1980s: the anatomy of failure David M. Gordon, Thomas E. Weisskopf and Samuel Bowles\u003cbr\u003e 8. The new economic stagnation and the contradictions of economic policy making Robert A. Blecker\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Social and Cultural Perspectives: 9. The changing contours of discrimination: race, gender and structural economic change M. V. Lee Badgett and Rhonda M. Williams\u003cbr\u003e 10. Troubled times: the cultural dimensions of economic decline Katherine S. Newman\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Conclusion: 11. American economics and the American economy in the American century: doctrinal legacies and contemporary policy problems Michael A. Bernstein\u003cbr\u003e List of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007525507352,"sku":"9780521456791","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521456791i_b2799b37-2ac9-4ebf-a817-8556015a8074.jpg?v=1691382332","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/understanding-american-economic-decline-paperback-9780521456791","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}