Research Catalog

Title

Economic puppetmasters : lessons from the halls of power / Lawrence B. Lindsey.

Author

Lindsey, Lawrence.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : AEI Press, 1999.

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Description

x, 215 pages; 24 cm

Summary

• "This book provides an insider's perspective on the bureaucratic structure of governmental institutions that shape economic policy and on the incentives and limitations of the individuals who head those institutions. The book is a work of contemporary history, written as events unfold. We do not know how today's events will end, but without a doubt they pose the greatest challenge since the Second World War to those who are responsible for the world's economic health.
• This book is a guide to how the world's economic decisionmakers think, what drives them, and what limits their scope of action."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Kohl, Helmut, 1930-2017
• Economic history > 1990-
• Greenspan, Alan, 1926-
• Economic policy
• Sakakibara, Eisuke
• Soros, George

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-207) and index.

Contents

1. Masters of the System - Or Its Servants? -- 2. The Contrarian at the Center -- 3. Supply Shocks and Creative Destruction -- 4. The Mandarin -- 5. Mandate of Heaven Withdrawn -- 6. The Dictates of History -- 7. Europe's Great Experiment -- 8. On a Clear Day You Can See Forever -- 9. An Intellectual Confusion between Supply and Demand -- 10. The Criteria for Successful Economic Management.

ISBN

• 0844740810 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0844740829 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

98049785

OCLC

• 40298443
• ocm40298443

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries