American economic policy in the 1980s
Ronald Reagan's election in 1980 reflected widespread public discontent with high inflation, rising personal taxes, and increasing government spending. Committed to reversing the economic trends of the 1960s and 1970s, Reagan sought to bring about essential changes in the American economy through smaller government and decreased spending on domestic programs. His election marked a return to traditional market-oriented ideas and a shift away from the Keynsian economics that defined the postwar decades
x, 823 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780226240930, 9780226240961, 0226240932, 0226240967
28506978
American economic policy in the 1982 : a personal view / Martin Feldstein
Monetary policy / Michael Mussa, Paul A. Volcker, James Tobin
Tax policy / Don Fullerton, Charls E. Walker, Russell B. Long
Budget policy / James M. Poterba, David Stockman, Charles Schultze
Exchange rate policy / Jeffrey A. Frankel, C. Fred Bergsten, Michael Mussa
Economic regulation / Paul L. Joskow and Roger G. Noll, William Niskanen, Elizabeth Bailey
Health and safety regulation / W. Kip Viscusi, Christopher DeMuth, James Burnley
Financial regulation / Robert E. Litan, William M. Isaac, William Taylor
Antitrust policy / Phillip Areeda, William F. Baxter, Harry M. Reasoner
Trade policy / J. David Richardson, Lionel H. Olmer, Paula Stern
LDC debt policy / Paul Krugman, Thomas O. Enders, William R, Rhodes
Policy toward the aged / David A. Wise and Richard G. Woodbury, Rudolph Penner