Depression, war, and cold war
Subtitle: studies in political economy
By: by Robert Higgs.
Publisher: Independent Institute
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oakland, CA
Language: eng
Subjects: War -- Economic aspects -- United States; Depressions -- 1929 -- United States; United States -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Regime uncertainty : why the great depression lasted so long and why prosperity resumed after the war; title: Private profit, public risk : institutional antecedents of the modern military procurement system in the rearmament program of 1940-1941; title: Wartime prosperity? a reassessment of the U.S. economy in the 1940s; title: Wartime socialization of investment : a reassessment of U.S. capital formation in the 1940s; title: From central planning to the market : the American transition, 1945-1947; title: The cold war economy : opportunity costs, ideology, and the politics of crisis; title: Hard coals make bad law : congressional parochialism versus national defense; title: Airplanes the Pentagon didn't want, but Congress did; title: Profits of U.S. defense contractors; title: Public opinion : a powerful predictor of U.S. defense spending.