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Measuring America : how economic growth came to define American greatness in the late twentieth century /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yarrow, Andrew L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2010]
Subjects:
Nationalism > United States.
Public opinion > United States.
Economics > United States > Sociological aspects.
United States > Social conditions > 20th century.
United States > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.