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In this elegantly argued book, political economists Barry Bluestone and Bennett Harrison examine America's great surge of economic expansion in its historical context to demonstrate the causes for the vibrancy of our economy.
A Century Foundation Book
A Century Foundation Book
Price: $29.95
Pages: 364
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date:
25 May 2001
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780520230705
Format: Paperback
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Barry Bluestone is the Russell B. and Andrée B B. Stearns Trustee Professor of Political Economy and the founding director of the Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University. Before his recent death, Bennett Harrison was Professor of Political Economy at the New School for Social Research in New York. Bluestone and Harrison collaborated on two earlier books: The Great U-Turn: Corporate Restructuring and the Polarization of America (1990) and The Deindustrialization of America (1984).
Foreword
Preface
Preface to the Paperback Edition
1 Growth with Equity
2 A History of American Growth
3 America's New Growth Potential
4 The Wall Street Model
5 The Wall Street Model: Too Little Long-Term Growth
6 The Wall Street Model: Too Much Long-Term Inequality
7 The Main Street Model for Growth with Equity
8 From Wall Street to Main Street: Economic Policy for the Twenty-first Century
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Preface
Preface to the Paperback Edition
1 Growth with Equity
2 A History of American Growth
3 America's New Growth Potential
4 The Wall Street Model
5 The Wall Street Model: Too Little Long-Term Growth
6 The Wall Street Model: Too Much Long-Term Inequality
7 The Main Street Model for Growth with Equity
8 From Wall Street to Main Street: Economic Policy for the Twenty-first Century
Notes
Bibliography
Index