ABSTRACT
A collection of articles covering the economic history of the US over the last 50 years. It is selective in its coverage of important issues not often treated historically, such as the economics of medical care and the educational system.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |5 pages
Health Care: Dynamic Technology and Changing Demographics
Council of Economic Advisers
chapter |7 pages
The State of Small Business: A Report of the President
U.S. Small Business Administration
chapter |9 pages
Social and Economic Change since the Great Depression: Studies of Census Data, 1940–80
Elizabeth Evanson
chapter |3 pages
Trends in the Distribution of Wealth among American Families
Democratic Staff of the Joint Economic Committee, United States Congress
chapter |3 pages
A Study of Public Works Investment
CONSAD Research Corporation for the Department of Commerce
chapter |1 pages
How Federal Spending for Infrastructure and Other Public Investments Affects the Economy
Congressional Budget Office
chapter |4 pages
A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform
National Commission on Excellence in Education
chapter |14 pages
Financial Markets: Innovation and Stability
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
chapter |4 pages
Why Deposit Insurance Was Established and How It Is Supposed to Work
Congressional Budget Office
chapter |3 pages
Multinational Corporations and the Trade-Investment Linkage
Council of Economic Advisers
chapter |2 pages
The Foreign Aid Programs and the United States Economy
Senate Special Committee to Study the Foreign Aid Program
