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Striking a balance : making national economic policy

Title
Striking a balance : making national economic policy / Albert Rees.
Author
Rees, Albert, 1921-1992
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1984.

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Description
x, 118 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
Textbook on the goals and institutional framework of economic policy in the USA, from 1946 to 1983 - discusses political aspects of full employment, price stabilization, economic growth, income redistribution and the balance of payments; explains the role of fiscal policy, public expenditure, public borrowing, monetary policy, wage policy, price policy, state intervention, public ownership and trade policy. Graphs, references.
Subject
  • Economic policy
  • Economic policy
  • Wirtschaftspolitik
  • institutional framework
  • economic policy
  • political aspect
  • full employment
  • price stabilization
  • economic growth
  • income redistribution
  • balance of payments
  • fiscal policy
  • public expenditure
  • public borrowing
  • monetary policy
  • wage policy
  • price policy
  • state intervention
  • public ownership
  • trade policy
  • cadre institutionnel
  • politique économique
  • aspect politique
  • plein emploi
  • stabilisation des prix
  • croissance économique
  • redistribution du revenu
  • balance des paiements
  • politique fiscale
  • dépenses publiques
  • emprunt public
  • politique monétaire
  • politique des salaires
  • politique des prix
  • intervention de l'Etat
  • propriété publique
  • politique du commerce international
  • organización institucional
  • política económica
  • aspecto político
  • pleno empleo
  • estabilización de los precios
  • crecimiento económico
  • redistribución del ingreso
  • balanza de pagos
  • política fiscal
  • gasto público
  • empréstito público
  • política monetaria
  • política salarial
  • política de precios
  • intervención estatal
  • propiedad pública
  • política de comercio internacional
  • United States > Economic policy
  • United States
  • USA
  • USA
  • Etats-Unis
  • Estados Unidos
Genre/Form
  • textbook.
  • graph.
  • reference.
  • manuel d'enseignement.
  • graphique.
  • référence bibliographique.
  • libro de texto.
  • gráfico.
  • referencia.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: The goals of policy -- Full employment -- Stable prices -- Growth and efficiency -- Equality -- Maintaining the balance of payments -- Balancing the goals -- Part II: The instruments of policy -- Taxing and spending -- Borrowing and lending -- Monetary policy -- Wage and price controls and related policies -- Economics regulation and government ownership of industry -- Trade policy -- Part III: The policymaking process -- Institutional arrangements -- The politics of economic policy -- Index.
ISBN
  • 0226707075
  • 9780226707075
  • 0226707083
  • 9780226707082
LCCN
83017881
OCLC
  • ocm09893369
  • 9893369
  • SCSB-614666
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library