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Growing Prosperity

The Battle for Growth with Equity in the Twenty-first Century
by barry bluestone (Author), Bennett Harrison (Author)
Paperback
Price: $29.95 / £25.00
Publication Date: May 2001
Edition: 1st Edition
Title Details:
Rights: World
Pages: 364
ISBN: 9780520230705
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Illustrations: 24 figures, 14 tables
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About the Book

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.

A Century Foundation Book

About the Author

Barry Bluestone is the Russell B. and Andrée B B. Stearns Trustee Professor of Political Economy and the founding director of the Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University. Before his recent death, Bennett Harrison was Professor of Political Economy at the New School for Social Research in New York. Bluestone and Harrison collaborated on two earlier books: The Great U-Turn: Corporate Restructuring and the Polarization of America (1990) and The Deindustrialization of America (1984).

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Preface to the Paperback Edition
1 Growth with Equity
2 A History of American Growth 
3 America's New Growth Potential 
4 The Wall Street Model 
5 The Wall Street Model: Too Little Long-Term Growth 
6 The Wall Street Model: Too Much Long-Term Inequality 
7 The Main Street Model for Growth with Equity 
8 From Wall Street to Main Street: Economic Policy for the Twenty-first Century 
Notes 
Bibliography 
Index 

Reviews

"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