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  • Government and the American Economy

    A New History

    by Price V. Fishback ...
    The American economy has provided a level of well-being that has consistently ranked at or near the top of the international ladder. A key source of this success has been widespread participation in political and economic processes. In The Government and the American Economy, leading economic historians chronicle the significance of America's open-access society and the roles played by government ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Well Worth Saving

    How the New Deal Safeguarded Home Ownership

    by Price V. Fishback, Kenneth Snowden, Jonathan D. Rose ...
    Series series National Bureau of Economic Research Series on Long-Term Factors in Economic Development
    The urgent demand for housing after World War I fueled a boom in residential construction that led to historic peaks in home ownership. Foreclosures at the time were rare, and when they did happen, lenders could quickly recoup their losses by selling into a strong market. But no mortgage system is equipped to deal with credit problems on the scale of the Great Depression. As foreclosures ... Read more

    $33.89 USD

  • The Routledge Economic History of War

    Edited by Jari Eloranta, Jeremy Land, Elina Kuorelahti, Price Fishback ...
    Series series Routledge Handbooks in Economic History
    The Routledge Economic History of War presents a broad overview of the latest research on the long‑lasting changes and effects that collapsing security in international relations has had on the world’s economies and societies.Arranged around five key themes – Fiscal and Military Capacity, Military Spending, Economic Effects of War, War and Institutions, and Business and War – this handbook ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Housing and Mortgage Markets in Historical Perspective

    Edited by Eugene N. White, Kenneth Snowden, Price Fishback ...
    Series series National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report
    The central role of the housing market in the recent recession raised a series of questions about similar episodes throughout economic history. Were the underlying causes of housing and mortgage crises the same in earlier episodes? Has the onset and spread of crises changed over time? How have previous policy interventions either damaged or improved long-run market performance and stability?This ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Public Choice Essays in Honor of a Maverick Scholar: Gordon Tullock

    Edited by Price V. Fishback, Gary D. Libecap, Edward Zajac ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    In May 1999, over 50 distinguished scholars from all over the world gathered to honor Gordon Tullock, one of the most prolific, original, and versatile scholars of his generation. Tullock is best known for his pioneering work in Public Choice, the study of how self-interested individuals interact with governments. Tullock's research in public choice has contributed to the understanding of the ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of American Economic History Volume 2

    by Edited by Louis P. Cain, Edited by Price V. Fishback, Edited by Paul W. Rhode ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    American economic history describes the transition of a handful of struggling settlements on the Atlantic seaboard into the nation with the most successful economy in the world today. As the economy has developed, so have the methods used by economic historians to analyze the process. Interest in economic history has sharply increased in recent years among the public, policy-makers, and in the ... Read more

    $135.89 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of American Economic History Volume 1

    by Edited by Louis P. Cain, Edited by Price V. Fishback, Edited by Paul W. Rhode ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    American economic history describes the transition of a handful of struggling settlements on the Atlantic seaboard into the nation with the most successful economy in the world today. As the economy has developed, so have the methods used by economic historians to analyze the process. Interest in economic history has sharply increased in recent years among the public, policy-makers, and in the ... Read more

    $149.39 USD

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  • The High Cost of Good Intentions

    A History of U.S. Federal Entitlement Programs

    by John F. Cogan ...
    Federal entitlement programs are strewn throughout the pages of U.S. history, springing from the noble purpose of assisting people who are destitute through no fault of their own. Yet as federal entitlement programs have grown, so too have their inefficiency and their cost. Neither tax revenues nor revenues generated by the national economy have been able to keep pace with their rising growth, ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • Federal Taxation in America

    A History

    by W. Elliot Brownlee ...
    This authoritative and readable survey is a comprehensive historical overview of federal taxation and fiscal policy in the United States, extending from the era of the American Revolution to the present day. Brownlee relates the principal stages of federal taxation to the crises that led to their adoption, including but not limited to: the formation of the republic, the Civil War, World War I and ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The Divided Welfare State

    The Battle over Public and Private Social Benefits in the United States

    by Jacob S. Hacker ...
    The Divided Welfare State is the first comprehensive political analysis of America's system of public and private social benefits. Everyone knows that the American welfare state is less expensive and extensive, later to develop and slower to grow, than comparable programs abroad. American social spending is as high as spending in many European nations. What is distinctive is that so many social ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

  • The Bankers' New Clothes

    What's Wrong with Banking and What to Do about It - Updated Edition

    by Anat Admati, Anat Admati, Martin Hellwig, Martin Hellwig ...
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