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Published: January 1996
ISBN: 9781858983721
Number Of Pages: 328
Puts forward Tobin's individual and modern slant on the major monetary, fiscal and international policy issues of the 1990s. The 27 essays in the book address issues in macroeconomic policy, especially in the United States. Tobin warns against "blind faith" in optimal results from the markets.
| List of figures | |
| List of tables | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| Preface | |
| The invisible hand in modern macroeconomics | p. 5 |
| An old Keynesian counterattacks | p. 17 |
| Current controversy in macroeconomics: the four schools | p. 33 |
| Introduction to the Kennedy reports | p. 43 |
| Okun's Law: how policy and research helped each other | p. 56 |
| On Crotty's critique of q-theory | p. 66 |
| Review of 'Stabilizing an unstable economy' by Hyman P. Minsky | p. 72 |
| Monetary policy | p. 81 |
| The case for preserving regulatory distinctions | p. 90 |
| Monetary policies in the 1980s | p. 104 |
| Monetary policies in the 1980s and beyond | p. 110 |
| Statement on monetary policy | p. 119 |
| Remarks on international considerations for US monetary policy in the near term | p. 124 |
| Statement on Federal Reserve reform proposals | p. 129 |
| Legacies of Reaganomics | p. 139 |
| Statement on the federal budget deficit | p. 147 |
| Policy for recovery and growth | p. 154 |
| Thinking straight about fiscal stimulus and deficit reduction | p. 157 |
| One or two cheers for the invisible hand | p. 169 |
| Nation states and the Wealth of Nations: challenges and opportunities in an ever more interdependent world | p. 181 |
| Prospects for prosperity and growth in democratic capitalist economies | p. 190 |
| On living and trading with Japan: United States commercial and macroeconomic policies | p. 200 |
| The international monetary system: pluralism and interdependence | p. 221 |
| Poverty in relation to macroeconomic trends, cycles and policies | p. 231 |
| Social security, public debt and economic growth | p. 254 |
| Health care reform as seen by a general economist | p. 286 |
| Index | p. 297 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
ISBN: 9781858983721
ISBN-10: 185898372X
Audience:
Tertiary; University or College
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 328
Published: January 1996
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 24.77 x 17.15
x 2.54
Weight (kg): 0.64
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