Growing Prosperity - The Battle for Growth With Equity in the Twenty-First Century

"Growing Prosperity could well be as important in shaping our future as Keynes' General Theory. . . . A work as meticulous as it is powerful, as promising as it is persuasive."—Robert Heilbroner, author of The Worldly Philosophers

"Bluestone and Harrison have alerted us to the key issue confronting America: how to achieve growth with equity. This country needs a powerful dialogue on how to continue growth while deepening its benefits to all Americans. This is the blueprint for the terms of that debate."—U.S. Representative Richard Gephardt

List of contents

Foreword
Preface
Preface to the Paperback Edition
1 Growth with Equity
2 A History of American Growth 
3 America's New Growth Potential 
4 The Wall Street Model 
5 The Wall Street Model: Too Little Long-Term Growth 
6 The Wall Street Model: Too Much Long-Term Inequality 
7 The Main Street Model for Growth with Equity 
8 From Wall Street to Main Street: Economic Policy for the Twenty-first Century 
Notes 
Bibliography 
Index 

About the author

Barry Bluestone is the Russell B. and Andrée B B. Stearns Trustee Professor of Political Economy and the founding director of the Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University. Before his recent death, Bennett Harrison was Professor of Political Economy at the New School for Social Research in New York. Bluestone and Harrison collaborated on two earlier books: The Great U-Turn: Corporate Restructuring and the Polarization of America (1990) and The Deindustrialization of America (1984).

Summary

Examines America's great surge of economic expansion in its historical context to demonstrate the causes for the vibrancy of our economy.

Product details

• Authors: Barry Bluestone, Barry Harrison Bluestone, Bennett Harrison, Harrison Bennett
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.05.2001
• EAN: 9780520230705
• ISBN: 978-0-520-23070-5
• No. of pages: 364
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Economic history, Political Economy, United States of America, USA, Economic systems and structures, Economic systems & structures