Measuring America:how economic growth came to define American greatness in the late twentieth century
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University of Massachusetts Press,
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Publisher Address: | Amherst |
Publication Dates: | c2010. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | x, 240 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781558498358 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1558498354 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781558498341 (library cloth : alk. paper) 1558498346 (library cloth : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | F171 |
CLC: | F171.2 |
Call Number: | F171.2/Y29 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. The economics profession and the changing discourse -- Economists come to Washington -- Business's new paradigm, "people's capitalism" -- The big postwar story -- Defining the new America for the world -- Beyond civics and the 3 R's -- A flawed measure: critics and realities -- Measuring America in the twenty-first century. |