Edition |
Rev. and updated, Random House trade pbk. ed. |
Description |
xxxii, 316 p. ; 21 cm. |
Note |
"Revised and updated, with a new introduction by the author" -- Cover. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-305) and index. |
Summary |
Samuelson contents we have not yet escaped the boom-and-bust cycles common in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Prolonged prosperity triggered the economic and financial collapse of 2008 and 2009 by making Americans overconfident, complacent, and careless. |
Contents |
The lost history -- The "full employment" obsession -- The money connection -- A compact of conviction -- Capitalism restored -- Precarious prosperity -- The future of affluence. |
Subject |
Inflation (Finance) -- United States.
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United States -- Economic policy.
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United States -- Economic conditions.
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ISBN |
9780812980042 (pbk.) |
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0812980042 (pbk.) |
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