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American capitalism, 1945-2000, continuity and change from mass production to the information society, Wyatt Wells

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

index present

non fiction

American capitalism, 1945-2000

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Wyatt Wells

American ways series

continuity and change from mass production to the information society

Wells examines the development of economic policy, economic structure, and ideas about both, explaining the complex interaction of these factors over the past half-century. Capitalism private, profit-seeking enterprises provided a stable framework, says Wells (history, Auburn U.), within which the US economy changed radically over the last half of the 20th century. He describes the changes decade by decade. Wells examines the development of economic policy, economic structure, and ideas about both, explaining the complex interaction of these factors over the past half-century

Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Paradox of American Capitalism -- Postwar boom -- Go-go economy -- Great stagflation -- Adjusting to new realities -- "New economy" -- Ways of wealth -- Note on sources -- Index