Bernstein A Perilous Progress

Economists and Public Purpose in Twentieth-Century America
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6508-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 376 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Bernstein, Michael Alan

Bernstein, Michael A.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations ix

A Note on the Notes xi

Prologue. Being Ignored 1

Introduction. Professional Expertise as a Historical Problem 7

1. Shaping an Authoritative Community 15

2. Prospects, Puzzles, and Predicaments 40

3. The Mobilization of Resources and Vice Versa 73

4. On Behalf of the National Security State 91

5. Statecraft and Its Retainers 115

6. Statecraft and Its Discontents 148

Epilogue. Being Ignored (Reprise) 185

Notes 195

Bibliography and Reference Abbreviations 291

Acknowledgments 343

Index 347

Über Autor(innen)

Michael A. Bernstein is Professor of History and Associated Faculty Member in Economics at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of The Great Depression: Delayed Recovery and Economic Change in America, 1929-1939, and coeditor of Understanding American Economic Decline.