From new era to new deal : Herbert Hoover, the economists, and American economic policy, 1921-1933 (Book, 1988) [WorldCat.org]
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From new era to new deal : Herbert Hoover, the economists, and American economic policy, 1921-1933

Author: William J Barber
Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1988
Series: Historical perspectives on modern economics
Edition/Format:   Print book : English : 1. pbk. edView all editions and formats
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This study examines the properties of an innovative approach to economic growth and stability formulated by Hoover and his associates during his years as secretary of commerce (1921-9) and inspects  Read more...

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Named Person: Herbert Clark Hoover
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: William J Barber
ISBN: 0521367379 9780521367370
OCLC Number: 832561426
Notes: Literaturverz. S. 231 - 232
Description: XII, 237 Seiten
Contents: Preface; Prologue; 1. The ingredients of a model of a new economics; 2. Challenges to the new economics of the 1920s; 3. The new economics at center stage in 1929; 4. Activating the stabilization model in late 1929 and 1930; 5. Preliminary readings of the results of the stabilization strategy; 6. The unraveling of the first official model in 1931; 7. Shifting course in late 1931 and early 1932; 8. Renewing the offensive in February and March; 9. The economists and their views on policy for 1932; 10. Official model II as shaped in May 1932 and the aftermath; Epilogue; Notes; Selected bibliography, Index.
Series Title: Historical perspectives on modern economics
Responsibility: William J. Barber

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