Macroeconomic Policy and a Living Wage

The Employment Act as Redistributive Economics, 1944–1969

AvDonald R. Stabile

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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The author argues that macroeconomic policy in the USA consisted of a dual approach of using a living wage to increase consumption with higher wages, and fiscal policy to create jobs and higher levels of consumption, therefore forming a hybrid system of redistributive economics.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-11-12
Mått:148 x 210 x 22 mm
Vikt:513 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:290
Upplaga:18001
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030019976

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Ekonomisk historia inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Ekonomisk politik inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Makroekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

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Donald R. Stabile is Professor of Economics at St. Mary's College of Maryland, USA, where he has taught for nearly 40 years. He is the author or co-author of 12 previous books, including The Political Economy of a Living Wage (2016), and scholarly articles on the history of political economy.

Innehållsförteckning

1. The Hybrid System of Redistributive Economics.- 2. Background of the Employment Act I: A Living Wage.- 3. Background of the Employment Act II: Keynesian Economics.- 4. Background of the Employment Act III: An Economic Bill of Rights.- 5. The Political Economy of the Employment Act of 1946.- 6. Kennedy's New Frontier: Tax Cuts and Wage Policy.- 7. The Age of Keynes in the Great Society.- 8. The Decline and Revival of a Living Wage.