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

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The United States has always fancied itself a nation apart--"Exceptional" in its values, traditions, and way of life. For most of the country's history, ideas about what made America distinctive generally were framed in terms of a liberal idealism rooted in the thought of John Locke a...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Yarrow, Andrew L.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2010.
Sujets:
1900-1999
Nationalism > United States.
Public opinion > United States.
Economics > United States > Sociological aspects.
Nationalisme > États-Unis.
Opinion publique > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Economic history.
Economics > Sociological aspects.
Nationalism.
Public opinion.
Social conditions
Business & Economics.
Economic Theory.
United States > Social conditions > 20th century.
United States > Economic conditions > 20th century.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
États-Unis > Conditions économiques > 20e siècle.
United States.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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