Designing US Economic Policy

1. Front Matter

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2. Biographical Background and Analytical Analysis

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3. Influences of the Times: The 1930s

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4. Leon H. Keyserling and the Council of Economic Advisers

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5. Selected Testimonies: Hearings Before the Joint Economic Committee of Congress (HJEC)

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6. Keyserling after the Council of Economic Advisers: “The Conference on Economic Progress”

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7. Other Writings of Leon H. Keyserling: The Problems of Economic Balance and the End of Poverty — the Crucial Connection

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8. The Theoretical Analysis of Leon H. Keyserling and Economic Policy

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9. Back Matter

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In Designing US Economic Policy , W. Robert Brazelton analyzes the development of US economic policy in the aftermath of the Second World War. As the world struggled to recover from the massive wartime expenditure, it was essential that economic policy not repeat the mistakes of the prewar era which sparked the 1930s Depression. These policies included Truman's New Deal, which helped shape both the economic and social climate of the USA today.

• bibliography
• biography
• climate
• design
• economic policy
• knowledge
• policy
• poverty
• USA
• writing

'...an interesting study of a man who played a significant role in an earlier era in formulating macroeconomic policy. ' - Journal of Economic Issues

• University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA

  W. Robert Brazelton

W. ROBERT BRAZELTON is Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. He is the author of Alternative Streams in Economic Analysis and has published articles in several journals.

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