| Description |
367 pages ; 25 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-349) and index. |
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The Land of Oz -- Born again in a Chicago classroom -- Paradise lost -- Counter Keynes -- Dueling columnists -- To intervene or not to intervene -- Money, money, money -- Not so fast -- Tricky Dicky -- The Chicago Boys -- Fed up -- No Hollywood ending -- End of the line -- The grocer's daughter -- Beating Bin Laden with cheap money -- All going swimmingly -- Capitalism teeters. |
| Summary |
"From the author of Keynes Hayek, the next great duel in the history of economics. In 1966 two columnists joined Newsweek magazine. Their assignment: debate the world of business and economics. Paul Samuelson was a towering figure in Keynesian economics, which supported the management of the economy along lines prescribed by John Maynard Keynes's General Theory. Milton Friedman, little known at that time outside of conservative academic circles, championed "monetarism" and insisted the Federal Reserve maintain tight control over the amount of money circulating in the economy. In the nimble hands of author and journalist Nicholas Wapshott, Samuelson and Friedman's decades-long argument becomes a window through which to view one of the longest periods of economic turmoil in the United States. As the soaring economy of the 1950s gave way to decades stalked by declining prosperity and "stagflation," it was a time when the theory and practice of economics became the preoccupation of politicians and the focus of national debate. It is an argument that continues today"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Samuelson, Paul A. (Paul Anthony), 1915-2009.
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Friedman, Milton, 1912-2006.
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Economics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Free enterprise.
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Keynesian economics.
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Chicago school of economics.
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Economists -- United States.
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| ISBN |
9780393285185 (hardcover) |
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