Economic events, ideas, and policies : the 1960s and after
Title:
Economic events, ideas, and policies : the 1960s and after
Author:
Perry, George L., 1934-
Publication Information:
Washington, DC : Brookings Institution Press, [2000]
©2000
Physical Description:
xiv, 365 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Part I. Stabilization and growth. Rapid economic growth, equitable income distribution, and the optimal range of innovation spillovers -- William J. Baumol. Comments by George Akerlof [and] Martin Neil Baily -- Making policy in a changing world / William C. Brainard and George L. Perry. Comments by Ray C. Fair [and] John B. Taylor -- The end of stabilization policy? / Paul Krugman. Comments by Stanley Fischer [and] Benjamin M. Friedman -- The Kennedy Council and the long run / Robert M. Solow. Comments by Robert E. Hall [and] Charles L. Schultze.
Part II. The United States and the international economy. Foreign economic policy in the 1960s : an enduring legacy / Richard N. Cooper. Comments by Francis M. Bator [and] Maurice Obstfeld -- From benign neglect to malignant preoccupation: U.S. balance of payments policy in the 1960s / Barry Eichengreen. Comments by Robert Z. Lawrence [and] Jeffrey Sachs -- Part III. Labor markets and distribution. Poverty and the distribution of economic well-being since the 1960s / Robert Haveman. Comments by Gary Burtless [and] Lawrence F. Katz -- Labor policy and labor research since the 1960s : two ships sailing in orthogonal directions? / Alan B. Krueger. Comments by James Heckman [and] Frank Levy.
ISBN:
9780815770121
9780815770114
Format :
Book