United States Since 1980

Informationen zum Autor Dean Baker is the cofounder of the Center for Economic Policy and Policy Research in Washington, DC. Before founding the center, he was a senior economist in Washington's Economic Policy Institute. He has authored or edited several books, including The Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer (2006), Social Security: The Phony Crisis (1999, with Mark Weisbrot), Getting Prices Right: The Debate Over the Consumer Price Index, which won a Choice book award as one of the outstanding academic books of 1998, and Globalization and Progressive Economic Policy (Cambridge University Press, 1998, coedited with Jerry Epstein and Bob Pollin). Dr Baker has also written for a variety of professional and general-audience publications. His work on economic policy issues is often cited in the media, and he is frequently interviewed on television and radio. Dr Baker has also testified a number of times before Congressional committees. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Michigan. Klappentext Describes the sharp right turn the US has taken following Ronald Reagan's election in 1980. Zusammenfassung This book! first published in 2007! describes the sharp right turn the United States has taken following the election of Ronald Reagan as president in 1980. The treatment details how the policies pursued by the Reagan administration were a break from both the policies pursued by prior administrations and those pursued in other wealthy countries. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Turning away: the United States breaks ranks; 2. Setting the scene: the United States in 1980; 3. The Reagan revolution I - running to the right; 4. The Reagan revolution becomes institutionalized; 5. The Republican tidal wave and the Clinton Boom; 6. The Bush Administration and the war on terrorism; 7. The United States in 2005: the impact of the last quarter century.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Dean Baker, Dean (Center for Economic Policy Research i Baker, Dean (Center for Economic Policy Research in Washington DC) Baker, Baker Dean
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 05.03.2007
• EAN: 9780521677554
• ISBN: 978-0-521-67755-4
• Seiten: 290
• Serien: The World Since 1980; The World Since 1980
• Themen: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Internationale Wirtschaft; USA, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Politics & government, c 2000 to c 2010, c 2000 to c 2009, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, History of the Americas, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989