U.S. National Economic Policy, 1917-1985

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Rewarding is Campagna's broad-sweep analysis of US macroeconomic policy under the several political regimes since WW I, evaluating whether these policies were justified, successful, and rational. Impressive historical scholarship brings alive the views and personalities of the times and provides immense detail concerning economic settings and problems of each period. Choice This book examines the various economic problems of the past 70 years and critically evaluates what has been done to solve them. Claiming that previous macroeconomic policies have not been successful largely because of political problems, the book presents a cogent argument for the need for new institutions to conduct rational policies in the future.

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[This] is a valuable resource for economists, politicians, social scientists and students to view, from hindsight, the failures and successes of various macroeconomic policies followed by different administrations under differing situations. . . . Much effort, thought, and research have gone into the preparation of this stimulating work and it is worth acquiring, especially in these times of economic uncertainty.-Charles H. Zucker in Presidenial Studies Quarterly
Rewarding is Campagna's broad-sweep analysis of US macroeconomic policy under the several political regimes since WW I, evaluating whether these policies were "justified," "successful," and "rational." Impressive historical scholarship brings alive the views and personalities of the times and provides immense detail concerning economic settings and problems of each period.... Upper-division and graduate collections.-Choice
"This is a valuable resource for economists, politicians, social scientists and students to view, from hindsight, the failures and successes of various macroeconomic policies followed by different administrations under differing situations. . . . Much effort, thought, and research have gone into the preparation of this stimulating work and it is worth acquiring, especially in these times of economic uncertainty."-Charles H. Zucker in Presidenial Studies Quarterly
"Rewarding is Campagna's broad-sweep analysis of US macroeconomic policy under the several political regimes since WW I, evaluating whether these policies were "justified," "successful," and "rational." Impressive historical scholarship brings alive the views and personalities of the times and provides immense detail concerning economic settings and problems of each period.... Upper-division and graduate collections."-Choice
"[This] is a valuable resource for economists, politicians, social scientists and students to view, from hindsight, the failures and successes of various macroeconomic policies followed by different administrations under differing situations. . . . Much effort, thought, and research have gone into the preparation of this stimulating work and it is worth acquiring, especially in these times of economic uncertainty."-Charles H. Zucker in Presidenial Studies Quarterly

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ANTHONY S. CAMPAGNA is Professor and Chairman of the Economics Department at the University of Vermont.