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Becoming the Arsenal
Michael G. Carew
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Description for Becoming the Arsenal
Hardback. This book discusses government and private sector roles in American economy. Focusing on the mobilization of American economy against the threat of Axis ascendancy in Word War II, Carew places the mobilization in its political - economic context and evaluates its performance in terms of prevailing military and political realities. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
Becoming the Arsenal discusses one of the three signal events that transformed the relationship of government and the private sector in directing the American economy. The first was the Great Depression and the government's New Deal recovery program. The second was the gradual abandonment of the monetary Gold Standard, or the "floating" of the dollar between 1933 and the 1970s. Third, and least appreciated, was the mobilization of the American economy to confront the threat of the Axis ascendancy in World War II. Becoming the Arsenal places the events of this economic mobilization in its political-economic context and evaluates its ... Read more
Becoming the Arsenal discusses one of the three signal events that transformed the relationship of government and the private sector in directing the American economy. The first was the Great Depression and the government's New Deal recovery program. The second was the gradual abandonment of the monetary Gold Standard, or the "floating" of the dollar between 1933 and the 1970s. Third, and least appreciated, was the mobilization of the American economy to confront the threat of the Axis ascendancy in World War II. Becoming the Arsenal places the events of this economic mobilization in its political-economic context and evaluates its ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Number of Pages
340
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761846680
SKU
V9780761846680
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About Michael G. Carew
Michael G. Carew, Ph.D., M.B.A., is a professor at Baruch College, CUNY. His teaching and research interests are in the evolution of economic theory and the formulation of macroeconomic and financial policies, with a focus on political economy. Prior to his academic work, he spent forty years in New York investment and commercial banking, including insurance, real estate, and government ... Read more
Reviews for Becoming the Arsenal
Notable in Carew's analysis is his adept use of data from the seemingly disparate but interconnected spheres of government bureaucracy, economic policy, public finance, US diplomatic politics, and industrial management. The author is to be applauded for accomplishing such a daunting task.... Highly recommended.
CHOICE, August 2010
CHOICE, August 2010