Barry Bluestone and Bennett Harrison
Growing Prosperity
The Battle for Growth with Equity in the Twenty-first Century
$19.95, £13.95 paperback
9780520230705
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364 pages, 6 x 9 inches, 24 figures, 14 tables
May 2001, Available worldwide
Also in: United States History; Business & Economics
May 2001, Available worldwide
Also in: United States History; Business & Economics
In this elegantly argued book, political economists Barry Bluestone and Bennett Harrison examine America's great surge of economic expansion in its historical context to demonstrate the causes for the vibrancy of our economy.
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"A breakthough in the political debate over the New Economy. This is the first book that lays out a progressive economic policy designed to encourage technology-driven growth, while ameliorating bad consequences such as a widening income disparity and excessive dependence on a volatile stock market."—Michael J. Mandel, Business Week
"Growing Prosperity could well be as important in shaping our future as Keynes' General Theory. . . . A work as meticulous as it is powerful, as promising as it is persuasive."—Robert Heilbroner, author of The Worldly Philosophers
"Bluestone and Harrison have alerted us to the key issue confronting America: how to achieve growth with equity. This country needs a powerful dialogue on how to continue growth while deepening its benefits to all Americans. This is the blueprint for the terms of that debate."—U.S. Representative Richard Gephardt
"Bluestone and Harrison have alerted us to the key issue confronting America: how to achieve growth with equity. This country needs a powerful dialogue on how to continue growth while deepening its benefits to all Americans. This is the blueprint for the terms of that debate."—U.S. Representative Richard Gephardt
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