Title: Getting from here to there /
Authors: Rostow, W. W. 1916-
Publisher: McGraw-Hill,
Year: 1978
Subjects: Economic history; United States Economic conditions; United States Economic conditions
Contents: The significance of the next quarter-century -- The next quarter-century seen as the fifth Kondratieff upswing -- The backruptcy of Neo-Keynesian economics -- Population and food: Will Malthus at last be proved right? -- Energy: A test of the democratic process -- Rew Materials: Cheap or dear? -- The environment: Cost, benefit, trade-off -- Productivity: Decline or transition? -- Science, invention, and innovation: Is human creativity on the Wane? -- Regional change: Conflict or reconciliation? -- Inflation: Its cause and cure -- Reflections on sectoral planning in a democratic society -- The United States and the world -- Epilogue: Can democracy survive?