Government & the American Economy: A New History

by Price V. Fishback and Price Van Meter Fishback

Book Overview

The American economy has provided a level of well-being that has consistently ranked at or near the top of the international ladder. A key source of this success has been widespread participation in political and economic processes. In The Government and the American Economy, leading economic historians chronicle the significance of America's open-access society and the roles played by government in its unrivaled success story. America's democratic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226251276
• ISBN13: 9780226251271
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"