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An extraordinary time : the end of the postwar boom and the return of the ordinary economy, Marc Levinson
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- "In An Extraordinary Time, acclaimed economic historian Marc Levinson recounts the global collapse of the postwar economy in the 1970s. While economists struggle to return us to the high economic growth rates of the past, Levinson counterintuitively argues that the boom years of the 1950s and 1960s were an anomaly; slow economic growth is the norm-no matter what economists and politicians may say. Yet these atypical years left the public with unreasonable expectations of what government can achieve. When the economy failed to revive, suspicion of government and liberal institutions rose sharply, laying the groundwork for the political and economic polarization that we're still grappling with today. A sweeping reappraisal of the last sixty years of world history, An Extraordinary Time describes how the postwar economic boom dissipated, undermining faith in government, destabilizing the global financial system, and forcing us to come to terms with how tumultuous our economy really is."--Publisher information
- "After World War II, the global economy experienced a golden age. As the rubble in cities like Berlin and Tokyo gave way to millions of new homes and businesses, incomes skyrocketed, and consumers rushed to purchase cars, electricity, indoor plumbing, and higher education. Between 1950 and 1973, Japan's per capita income rose nearly 600 percent; Germany's economy quadrupled during the same period. And in steel towns and manufacturing centers across the United States, people discovered a new freedom of mobility--social and physical--that had long eluded them. In An Extraordinary Time, acclaimed economic historian Marc Levinson describes how this age of miraculous growth and prosperity suddenly evaporated in the early 1970s, giving way to an era of anxiety and political extremism. Levinson argues that the boom years were really just that: an anomaly, and not one likely to be repeated. Slow economic growth is actually the norm, and the economy simply cannot be controlled in the ways that we would like--no matter what economists and politicians may say. The forces that had driven a quarter-century of rapid economic growth had simply played themselves out, while at the same time the Bretton Woods system of fixed international exchange rates--a structure that had been in place since 1944--collapsed, leaving exchange rates in the hands of traders and speculators who had no obligation to use them to promote stability. A sweeping reappraisal of the last sixty years of world history from an acclaimed economist, historian, and business reporter, An Extraordinary Time describes how the postwar economic boom dissipated in the early 1970s."--Publisher information
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- vii, 326 pages
- Contents
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- The new economics
- The magic square
- Chaos
- Crisis of faith
- The great stagflation
- Gold boys
- Quotas and concubines
- The export machine
- The end of the dream
- The right turn
- Thatcher
- Socialism's last stand
- Morning in America
- The lost decade
- The new world
- Isbn
- 9780465061983
- Label
- An extraordinary time : the end of the postwar boom and the return of the ordinary economy
- Title
- An extraordinary time
- Title remainder
- the end of the postwar boom and the return of the ordinary economy
- Statement of responsibility
- Marc Levinson
- Subject
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- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History
- Capital market
- Capital market -- History -- 20th century
- Economic history
- Economic history -- 20th century
- Economic policy
- Economic policy -- 20th century
- Foreign exchange rates
- Foreign exchange rates -- History -- 20th century
- HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century
- HISTORY -- Modern | 20th Century
- 1900-1999
- HISTORY -- World
- History
- Kapitalmarkt
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory
- Wechselkurs
- Weltwirtschaft
- Wirtschaftskrise
- Wirtschaftspolitik
- Wirtschaftswachstum
- HISTORY -- World
- Arbeitslosigkeit
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- "In An Extraordinary Time, acclaimed economic historian Marc Levinson recounts the global collapse of the postwar economy in the 1970s. While economists struggle to return us to the high economic growth rates of the past, Levinson counterintuitively argues that the boom years of the 1950s and 1960s were an anomaly; slow economic growth is the norm-no matter what economists and politicians may say. Yet these atypical years left the public with unreasonable expectations of what government can achieve. When the economy failed to revive, suspicion of government and liberal institutions rose sharply, laying the groundwork for the political and economic polarization that we're still grappling with today. A sweeping reappraisal of the last sixty years of world history, An Extraordinary Time describes how the postwar economic boom dissipated, undermining faith in government, destabilizing the global financial system, and forcing us to come to terms with how tumultuous our economy really is."--Publisher information
- "After World War II, the global economy experienced a golden age. As the rubble in cities like Berlin and Tokyo gave way to millions of new homes and businesses, incomes skyrocketed, and consumers rushed to purchase cars, electricity, indoor plumbing, and higher education. Between 1950 and 1973, Japan's per capita income rose nearly 600 percent; Germany's economy quadrupled during the same period. And in steel towns and manufacturing centers across the United States, people discovered a new freedom of mobility--social and physical--that had long eluded them. In An Extraordinary Time, acclaimed economic historian Marc Levinson describes how this age of miraculous growth and prosperity suddenly evaporated in the early 1970s, giving way to an era of anxiety and political extremism. Levinson argues that the boom years were really just that: an anomaly, and not one likely to be repeated. Slow economic growth is actually the norm, and the economy simply cannot be controlled in the ways that we would like--no matter what economists and politicians may say. The forces that had driven a quarter-century of rapid economic growth had simply played themselves out, while at the same time the Bretton Woods system of fixed international exchange rates--a structure that had been in place since 1944--collapsed, leaving exchange rates in the hands of traders and speculators who had no obligation to use them to promote stability. A sweeping reappraisal of the last sixty years of world history from an acclaimed economist, historian, and business reporter, An Extraordinary Time describes how the postwar economic boom dissipated in the early 1970s."--Publisher information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Levinson, Marc
- Dewey number
- 330.9/045
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HC54
- LC item number
- .L398 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Economic history
- Economic policy
- Capital market
- Foreign exchange rates
- HISTORY
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Economic policy
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- HISTORY
- Capital market
- Economic history
- Economic policy
- Foreign exchange rates
- Arbeitslosigkeit
- Kapitalmarkt
- Wirtschaftskrise
- Wirtschaftswachstum
- Wechselkurs
- Weltwirtschaft
- Wirtschaftspolitik
- Label
- An extraordinary time : the end of the postwar boom and the return of the ordinary economy, Marc Levinson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-312) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- Contents
- The new economics -- The magic square -- Chaos -- Crisis of faith -- The great stagflation -- Gold boys -- Quotas and concubines -- The export machine -- The end of the dream -- The right turn -- Thatcher -- Socialism's last stand -- Morning in America -- The lost decade -- The new world
- Control code
- ocn945232333
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- vii, 326 pages
- Isbn
- 9780465061983
- Lccn
- 2016017970
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40026578618
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780465061983
- (OCoLC)945232333
- Label
- An extraordinary time : the end of the postwar boom and the return of the ordinary economy, Marc Levinson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-312) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The new economics -- The magic square -- Chaos -- Crisis of faith -- The great stagflation -- Gold boys -- Quotas and concubines -- The export machine -- The end of the dream -- The right turn -- Thatcher -- Socialism's last stand -- Morning in America -- The lost decade -- The new world
- Control code
- ocn945232333
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- vii, 326 pages
- Isbn
- 9780465061983
- Lccn
- 2016017970
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40026578618
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780465061983
- (OCoLC)945232333
Subject
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History
- Capital market
- Capital market -- History -- 20th century
- Economic history
- Economic history -- 20th century
- Economic policy
- Economic policy -- 20th century
- Foreign exchange rates
- Foreign exchange rates -- History -- 20th century
- HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century
- HISTORY -- Modern | 20th Century
- 1900-1999
- HISTORY -- World
- History
- Kapitalmarkt
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory
- Wechselkurs
- Weltwirtschaft
- Wirtschaftskrise
- Wirtschaftspolitik
- Wirtschaftswachstum
- HISTORY -- World
- Arbeitslosigkeit
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