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The misfortunes of prosperity : an introduction to modern political economy / Daniel Cohen ; translated by Jacqueline Lindenfeld.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, French Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, �1995.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 170 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585020337
  • 9780585020334
  • 9780262032308
  • 0262032309
Uniform titles:
  • Infortunes de la prosp�erit�e. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Misfortunes of prosperity.DDC classification:
  • 338.9 20
LOC classification:
  • HC276.2 .C59813 1995eb
Online resources: Subject: A revised edition of a work originally published in French (Julliard, 1994), this serves as a tour of the dominant ideas in political economy, summarizing historical and theoretical perspectives on the causes of economic growth in the US, Western Europe, Japan, and elsewhere. Among other issues, the author discusses the effects of the showdown of productivity in Europe and explains the origins of the apparent tradeoff between unemployment in Europe and wage inequalities in the US. He advocates government discretion by showing the disastrous consequences of a hands-off approach to debt, inflation, and social security.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-168) and index.

A revised edition of a work originally published in French (Julliard, 1994), this serves as a tour of the dominant ideas in political economy, summarizing historical and theoretical perspectives on the causes of economic growth in the US, Western Europe, Japan, and elsewhere. Among other issues, the author discusses the effects of the showdown of productivity in Europe and explains the origins of the apparent tradeoff between unemployment in Europe and wage inequalities in the US. He advocates government discretion by showing the disastrous consequences of a hands-off approach to debt, inflation, and social security.

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