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Depression, War, and Cold War: Challenging the Myths of Conflict and Prosperity (Independent Studies in Political Economy)
Depression War and Cold War Challenging the Myths of Conflict and Prosperity - Independent Studies in Political Economy
Author: Robert Higgs
Offering a powerful interpretation of U.S. political economy from the early-1930s to the end of the Cold War, this resource refutes many popular myths about the Great Depression and New Deal, the World War II economy, and the postwar national-security state that is still so pervasive today. What accounts for the extraordinary duration of the ...  more » How did the war alter relations between government and leaders of big business? What is Congress?s role in the military-industrial-congressional complex? This book answers these and other crucial questions by presenting new insights and analyses along with statistical evidence that defies mainstream interpretation of economic history.
ISBN-13: 9781598130294
ISBN-10: 1598130293
Publication Date: 5/1/2009
Pages: 352
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Publisher: Independent Institute
Book Type: Paperback
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