Growing Prosperity: The Battle for Growth with Equity in the Twenty-first Century - Couverture souple

Bluestone, Barry; Harrison, Bennett

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0520230701 ISBN 13 : 9780520230705

Editeur : University of California Press, 2001

Synopsis

In this elegantly argued book, political economists Barry Bluestone and Bennett Harrison examine America's great surge of economic expansion in its historical context to demonstrate the causes for the vibrancy of our economy.

A Century Foundation Book

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Barry Bluestone is the Russell B. and Andrée B B. Stearns Trustee Professor of Political Economy and the founding director of the Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University. Before his recent death, Bennett Harrison was Professor of Political Economy at the New School for Social Research in New York. Bluestone and Harrison collaborated on two earlier books: The Great U-Turn: Corporate Restructuring and the Polarization of America (1990) and The Deindustrialization of America (1984).

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

"Growing Prosperity could well be as important in shaping our future as Keynes' General Theory. . . . A work as meticulous as it is powerful, as promising as it is persuasive."—Robert Heilbroner, author of The Worldly Philosophers

"Bluestone and Harrison have alerted us to the key issue confronting America: how to achieve growth with equity. This country needs a powerful dialogue on how to continue growth while deepening its benefits to all Americans. This is the blueprint for the terms of that debate."—U.S. Representative Richard Gephardt

À propos de la deuxième de couverture

"Growing Prosperity could well be as important in shaping our future as Keynes' General Theory. . . . A work as meticulous as it is powerful, as promising as it is persuasive." Robert Heilbroner, author of The Worldly Philosophers

"Bluestone and Harrison have alerted us to the key issue confronting America: how to achieve growth with equity. This country needs a powerful dialogue on how to continue growth while deepening its benefits to all Americans. This is the blueprint for the terms of that debate." U.S. Representative Richard Gephardt

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of California Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0520230701
• ISBN 13: 9780520230705
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 345
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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