02120nam a2200337 a 4500001001200000003000800012005001700020006001900037007001500056008004100071010001700112020003600129040002100165035002100186043001200207050002400219082002000243100001900263245010900282260005000391300001500441504005100456505081200507533015201319650004201471650003801513651005401551655002901605710001701634856013101651ebr10160608CaPaEBR20260707192836.0m        u        cr cn|||||||||050802s2006    cau     sb    001 0 eng    z  2005022028  z0195182928 (cloth : alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)144618770  an-us---14aHC106b.H535 2006eb04a330.973/0912221 aHiggs, Robert.10aDepression, war, and cold warh[electronic resource] :bstudies in political economy /cby Robert Higgs.  aOakland, CA :bIndependent Institute,cc2006.  axv, 221 p.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aRegime uncertainty : why the great depression lasted so long and why prosperity resumed after the war -- Private profit, public risk : institutional antecedents of the modern military procurement system in the rearmament program of 1940-1941 -- Wartime prosperity? a reassessment of the U.S. economy in the 1940s -- Wartime socialization of investment : a reassessment of U.S. capital formation in the 1940s -- From central planning to the market : the American transition, 1945-1947 -- The cold war economy : opportunity costs, ideology, and the politics of crisis -- Hard coals make bad law : congressional parochialism versus national defense -- Airplanes the Pentagon didn't want, but Congress did -- Profits of U.S. defense contractors -- Public opinion : a powerful predictor of U.S. defense spending.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aWarxEconomic aspectszUnited States. 0aDepressionsy1929zUnited States. 0aUnited StatesxEconomic conditionsy20th century. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10160608zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view