num_pages: 308
description: This book examines a decade of crucial importance in American economic history by studying its significant developments: the dampening of the business cycle, the uneven pace of economic growth, technological breakthroughs and their impact on investment, shifts in the U. S. balance of payments, and the phenomenon of an abundant society plauged with pockets of poverty.
language: English
title: The U. S. Economy in the 1950s: An Economic History
titlecomplete: The U. S. Economy in the 1950s: An Economic History
publisher: Praeger