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1 online resource (1 volume.) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Emerald gems
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Emerald gems.
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| Contents |
Front Cover; Emerald Gems: New Perspectives in Economics: A United States Focus; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; Technology and Economic Fluctuations in the US Food Sector (1958-2006): An Empirical Approach from a Political Economy Pers...; 1. Introduction; 2. The US Food Sector (1958-2006): A Brief Overview; 3. Review of the Literature; 4. Theoretical Framework; 5. Methodological Framework; (1) The Hodrick-Prescott Filter; (2) The Baxter-King Filter; 6. Empirical Results; 7. Result Analysis and Discussion; 8. Conclusions; Notes; References; Further Reading |
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Intuitive Psychology, Natural Experiments, and the Greenspan-Bernanke Conceptual Framework for Responding to Financial Crises1. Introduction; 2. The Evolving Greenspan-Bernanke Conceptual Framework; 2.1 Bernanke's "Constrained Discretion" and the Financial Sector; 2.2 The Greenspan-Bernanke Doctrine; 2.2.1 A weak corollary: macroprudential regulations; 2.3 The Financial Accelerator and the Wealth Effect of Asset Prices; 3. A Naïve Behavioral Economics Perspective: Intuitive Psychology and Natural Experiments; 3.1 Intuitive or Naïve Psychology and Biases in Intuitive Judgment |
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3.2 Intuitive Psychology and Biases in Greenspan's Intuitive Judgment3.3 Natural Experiments and Bernanke's Extraordinary Financial Policies; 4. What Lessons Have Been Learned?; References; Further Reading; About the Authors; The Missing Movement: A Polanyian Analysis of Pre-Crisis America; Understanding the Double Movement; The Pendulum Swings: The New Deal Cuts Economic Liberalism Down to Size; The Pendulum Swings Again: The 1970s and the Return of Capital; Cause Versus Blame; Explaining the Missing Movement; The Privatization of, and Expansion of Access to, Debt |
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The Democratization of Equity MarketsHas the Pendulum Begun to Swing?; Conclusion; Notes; References; Further Reading; About the Author; Restoring Pragmatism in American Governance; Introduction; The Road to Ideological Serfdom; Ideological Assumption: Deregulation of the Financial Services Sector is Beneficial for the Economy; Outcome; Relation to the infallibility hypothesis; Ideological Assumption: A Nation Can Grow and Prosper Without Household Savings; Outcome; Relation to pragmatism; Ideological Assumption: America does not need Government in the Economy; Outcome |
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Relation to the infallibility hypothesisPossible Explanations of the Decline of Pragmatism; (a) The Aging of Western Societies; (b) Western Societies Face Global Factor (Labor) Price Equalization; (c) The End of the Entitlement Age; (d) The Labor -- Capital Relations in the Public Sector; Disruption of the American Paradigm; Return to Pragmatic Capitalism; References; Further Reading; On the Dynamics of Poverty and Income Inequality in US States; 1. Introduction; 2. Data; 3. Methodology and Results; 4. Concluding Remarks; Notes; References |
| Summary |
New Perspectives in Economics: A United States Focus is a new collection of topical articles that examine the changing economic landscape in the United States of America. This book provides researchers, professionals, managers and policy makers with an easy-to-read selection of interesting research articles. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009-
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United States. |
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Economic conditions. |
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2009- |
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United States -- Economic policy -- 2009-
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Economic policy. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: New perspectives in economics. United Kingdom : Emerald Publishing, 2015 9781785608896 (OCoLC)951152574 |
| ISBN |
9781785608889 (electronic book) |
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1785608886 (electronic book) |
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9781785608896 |
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1785608894 |
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