Drastic Measures

A history of America's use of wage and price controls from colonial times to the 1970s.

List of contents

Editors' preface; Preface; 1. The debate over controls; 2. Forgotten experiments; 3. World War I; 4. World War II: attacking inflation directly; 5. World War II: the market under controls; 6. The Korean War; 7. The Vietnam War; 8. Lessons for the recent crisis; Notes; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index.

Summary

This is a history of America's use of wage and price controls from colonial times to the 1970s. It explores the impact of controls on prices and productivity, side-effects such as the growth of black markets and the expansion of government, and the relationship between controls and monetary policy.

Product details

• Authors: Hugh Rockoff
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.01.2015
• EAN: 9780521244961
• ISBN: 978-0-521-24496-1
• No. of pages: 302
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 644 g
• Series: University of California Publi
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education