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By 2030, when most American baby boomers will have retired, all the large industrial economies will see a massive increase in the old age population. This book examines population aging and its implications for public retirement programs in the five largest industrial economies--Britain, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States.

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The signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was expected to signal the beginning of a new era of close co-operation between Mexico and the United States.

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The still chaotic states of the former Soviet Union, a growing China, and the divergent nations of Eastern Europe are striving to radically transform their economies.

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The emergence of large trade imbalances among the industrial countries during the 1980s has led to growing disenchantment with the international economic system. In this provocative book by one of America's leading economists, Barry Bosworth argues that disparities are not the result of external infraction, but rather a reflection of domestic failures.

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The sharp decline in US productivity growth in the 1970s has brought about a renewed interest in economic policies to expand aggregate supply. Particular importance has been given to the role played by government intervention in the form of taxes, transfer payments, and regulation. This volume asks just what is known about the effect of government policy on the productive capacity of the nation.

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Should countries in Latin America and Eastern Europe follow the Chilean approach to economic restructuring, market liberalization, and stabilization Following years of hyperinflation and domestic turmoil, Chile undertook a series of dramatic economic reforms.

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Features a longtime Brookings economist and former presidential adviser who examines why saving rates in the United States have fallen so precipitously over the past quarter century, why the initial consequences were surprisingly benign, and how reduced saving will affect the future well-being of Americans.

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The Economics of Federal Credit Programs discusses government lending, government guaranty of loans, and credit control in the United States.

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The Uruguay Round trade agreement was the eighth in a series of negotiations under the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). In this book, the major features of the new GATT are reviewed and assessed in terms of their implications for the United States.

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Persistently large external imbalances in the world economy contributed to the outbreak of the recent financial crisis. Are such imbalances really a problem If so, why and for whom What should be done about them - if anything - and what does the future likely hold for transpacific trade relations In this timely book, Asian and American economists explore those important questions.