Issues In American Economic History

Author : Jonathan R. T. Hughes,Louis P. Cain
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : NWU:35556040182875

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American Economic History by Jonathan R. T. Hughes,Louis P. Cain Pdf

America's present economy, understood through its past. Rich in both quantitative techniques and economic theory, American Economic History demonstrates how an understanding of our past can illuminate economic issues that face society today and in the future. In simple, elegant language, this text walks readers through four centuries of political, social, and economic history, focusing on laws and institutions and emphasizing current economic topics. The eighth edition has been updated and revised, and includes expanded discussions on population, health, and labor; education; the automobile industry; income and taxes; social security; unemployment; regulation and the financial industry; and the history of economic recessions.

Author : Mark V. Siegler
Publisher : Springer
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137393968

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An Economic History of the United States by Mark V. Siegler Pdf

This pioneering textbook takes a thematic approach to the subject, resulting in a comprehensive understanding of historic economic issues in the United States. Siegler takes a thematic approach, and provides both the theoretical foundations and historical background needed to gain an in-depth understanding of the subject. Every chapter examines a specific topic, and the chapters are linked to each other to provide an overall view. The chronological approach is represented with a useful timeline as an appendix to show where the specific topics fit in the chronology. Chapter topics include: long-run causes of economic growth; economic history of income and wealth inequality; slavery, segregation, and discrimination; immigration and immigration policies; and an economic history of recessions and depressions. This book is ideally suited as a primary text for undergraduate courses in US economic history, as well as suitable courses on history degree programmes.

Author : Gary M.. Walton,Hugh Rockoff
Publisher : Thomson South-Western
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-01
Category : United States
ISBN : 1439037523

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History of the American Economy by Gary M.. Walton,Hugh Rockoff Pdf

Tying America's past to the economic policies of today and beyond, HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY, 11e, INTERNATIONAL EDITION presents events chronologically for easy understanding. Get a firm foundation in the evolution of the American economy with this ever-popular classic.

Author : Gerald D. Nash
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:803187026

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Issues in American Economic History by Gerald D. Nash Pdf

Author : John William Malsberger,James N. Marshall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015082718845

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The American Economic History Reader by John William Malsberger,James N. Marshall Pdf

First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Edited by Louis P. Cain,Edited by Price V. Fishback,Edited by Paul W. Rhode
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780190937072

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The Oxford Handbook of American Economic History by Edited by Louis P. Cain,Edited by Price V. Fishback,Edited by Paul W. Rhode Pdf

American economic history describes the transition of a handful of struggling settlements on the Atlantic seaboard into the nation with the most successful economy in the world today. As the economy has developed, so have the methods used by economic historians to analyze the process. Interest in economic history has sharply increased in recent years among the public, policy-makers, and in the academy. The current economic turmoil, calling forth comparisons with the Great Depression of the 1930s, is in part responsible for the surge in interest among the public and in policy circles. It has also stimulated greater scholarly research into past financial crises, the multiplier effects of fiscal and monetary policy, the dynamics of the housing market, and international economic cooperation and conflict. Other pressing policy issues--including the impending retirement of the Baby-Boom generation, the ongoing expansion of the healthcare sector, and the environmental challenges imposed by global climate change--have further increased demand for the long-run perspective given by economic history. Confronting this need, The Oxford Handbook of American Economic History affords access to the latest research on the crucial events, themes, and legacies of America's economic history--from colonial America, to the Civil War,up to present day. More than fifty contributors address topics as wide-ranging as immigration, agriculture, and urbanization. Over its two volumes, this handbook gives readers not only a comprhensive look at where the field of American economic history currently stands but where it is headed in the years to come.

Author : Lance Edwin Davis,Jonathan R. T. Hughes,Duncan M. McDougall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258296675

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American Economic History by Lance Edwin Davis,Jonathan R. T. Hughes,Duncan M. McDougall Pdf

Edited By Lloyd G. Reynolds. The Irwin Series In Economics.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : United States
ISBN : UOM:39015008637848

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Encyclopedia of American Economic History by Anonim Pdf

Author : Albert W. Niemi
Publisher : Chicago : Rand McNally College Publishing Company
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : WISC:89058474677

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U.S. Economic History by Albert W. Niemi Pdf

Author : Thomas Weiss,Donald Schaefer
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1994-04-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0804720843

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American Economic Development in Historical Perspective by Thomas Weiss,Donald Schaefer Pdf

This collection of twelve essays is based on the premise that a better understanding of the economic development process can be gained by studying the history of those countries that have experienced long-term economic success, in this case the United States during the nineteenth century - that period of U.S. history most pertinent to less developed countries. Two of its contributors, Robert W. Fogel and Douglass North, received the 1993 Nobel Prize for Economics. The essays explore in great detail how the U.S. economy persisted on its upward trajectory in spite of perilous times and events and occasional political crises. They show how complex the experience was, how fluid and fragile the process can be. While the specifics of the American case will not be found everywhere, the complexity and fragility are common to all developing countries. The book is in three parts. The first set of essays deals with the meaning and measurement of economic growth and development: economic growth during the antebellum period; the long-term behavior of such financial variables as stock and bond yields and the savings rate; immigration to the United States during the 1850's; and the juxtaposition of economic history and development. The second group of essays examines the influence of institutional changes on American economic growth: the importance of ideas, ideologies, and institutions in sustaining growth; seasonality in labor markets; risk sharing, crew quality, labor shares, and wages in the whaling industry; and capital formation in midwest farms and industries. The essays of the third section analyze events in the political economy of U.S. development: the role of economic issues in the political realignment that led to the election of Abraham Lincoln; the effect of the Civil War on the economic fortunes of Philadelphia's entrepreneurs; the effect of the silver movement on price stability; and the growth and triumph of oligopoly

Author : Josh Bivens
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0801461138

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Failure by Design by Josh Bivens Pdf

In Failure by Design, the Economic Policy Institute’s Josh Bivens takes a step back from the acclaimed State of Working America series, building on its wealth of data to relate a compelling narrative of the U.S. economy’s struggle to emerge from the Great Recession of 2008. Bivens explains the causes and impact on working Americans of the most catastrophic economic policy failure since the 1920s. As outlined clearly here, economic growth since the late 1970s has been slow and inequitably distributed, largely as a result of poor policy choices. These choices only got worse in the 2000s, leading to an anemic economic expansion. What growth we did see in the economy was fueled by staggering increases in private-sector debt and a housing bubble that artificially inflated wealth by trillions of dollars. As had been predicted, the bursting of the housing bubble had disastrous consequences for the broader economy, spurring a financial crisis and a rise in joblessness that dwarfed those resulting from any recession since the Great Depression. The fallout from the Great Recession makes it near certain that there will be yet another lost decade of income growth for typical families, whose incomes had not been boosted by the previous decade’s sluggish and localized economic expansion. In its broad narrative of how the economy has failed to deliver for most Americans over much of the past three decades, Failure by Design also offers compelling graphic evidence on jobs, incomes, wages, and other measures of economic well-being most relevant to low- and middle-income workers. Josh Bivens tracks these trends carefully, giving a lesson in economic history that is readable yet rigorous in its analysis. Intended as both a stand-alone volume and a companion to the new State of Working America website that presents all of the data underlying this cogent analysis, Failure by Design will become required reading as a road map to the economic problems that confront working Americans.

Author : Price V. Fishback
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226251295

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Government and the American Economy by Price V. Fishback Pdf

The American economy has provided a level of well-being that has consistently ranked at or near the top of the international ladder. A key source of this success has been widespread participation in political and economic processes. In The Government and the American Economy, leading economic historians chronicle the significance of America’s open-access society and the roles played by government in its unrivaled success story. America’s democratic experiment, the authors show, allowed individuals and interest groups to shape the structure and policies of government, which, in turn, have fostered economic success and innovation by emphasizing private property rights, the rule of law, and protections of individual freedom. In response to new demands for infrastructure, America’s federal structure hastened development by promoting the primacy of states, cities, and national governments. More recently, the economic reach of American government expanded dramatically as the populace accepted stronger limits on its economic freedoms in exchange for the increased security provided by regulation, an expanded welfare state, and a stronger national defense.

Author : Stephen Broadberry,Mark Harrison
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2005-09-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139448352

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The Economics of World War I by Stephen Broadberry,Mark Harrison Pdf

This unique volume offers a definitive new history of European economies at war from 1914 to 1918. It studies how European economies mobilised for war, how existing economic institutions stood up under the strain, how economic development influenced outcomes and how wartime experience influenced post-war economic growth. Leading international experts provide the first systematic comparison of economies at war between 1914 and 1918 based on the best available data for Britain, Germany, France, Russia, the USA, Italy, Turkey, Austria-Hungary and the Netherlands. The editors' overview draws some stark lessons about the role of economic development, the importance of markets and the damage done by nationalism and protectionism. A companion volume to the acclaimed The Economics of World War II, this is a major contribution to our understanding of total war.

Author : Samuel Barbour,James Cicarelli,J. E. King
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351703598

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A History of American Economic Thought by Samuel Barbour,James Cicarelli,J. E. King Pdf

This vital addition to the Routledge History of Economic Thought series surveys arguably the most important country in the development of economics as we know it today – the United States of America. A History of American Economic Thought is a comprehensive study of American economics as it has evolved over time, with several singularly unique features including: a thorough examination of the economics of American aboriginals prior to 1492; a detailed discussion of American economics as it has developed during the last fifty years; and a generous dose of non-mainstream American economics under the rubrics "Other Voices" and "Crosscurrents." It is far from being a native American community, and numerous social reformers and those with alternative points of view are given as much weight as the established figures who dominate the mainstream of the profession. Generous doses of American economic history are presented where appropriate to give context to the story of American economics as it proceeds through the ages, from seventeenth-century pre-independence into the twentieth-first century packed full of influential figures including John Bates Clark, Thorstein Veblen, Irving Fisher, Paul Samuelson, and John Kenneth Galbraith, to name but a few. This volume has something for everyone interested in the history of economic thought, the nexus of American economic thought and American economic history, the fusion of American economics and philosophy, and the history of science.

Author : Seymour E. Harris
Publisher : Beard Books
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 158798136X

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American Economic History by Seymour E. Harris Pdf

Analysis of economic history from about 1800 to the late 1950s.