Constructive years : the U.S. economy under Eisenhower

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Constructive years : the U.S. economy under Eisenhower

Raymond J. Saulnier

University Press of America, c1991

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Volume

: ISBN 9780819183675

Description

Constructive Years is an authoritative account of Eisenhower's economic policies by the Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers during Eisenhower's second term. Contents: Eisenhower's Philosophy and Goals; Implications of the Philosophy for Policies and Programs; Getting Started; Promoting the Economy's Stability and Growth: Encounters with the Business Cycle; Proposing a Legislative Program: Confrontations with Congress; Assessing the Record; Epilogue: Lessons from the Eisenhower Experience.

Table of Contents

  • Eisenhower's philosphy and goals
  • implications of the philosophy for policies and programmes
  • getting started
  • promoting the economy's stability and growth - encounters with the business cycle
  • proposing a legislative programme - confrontations with Congress
  • assessing the record
  • epilogue - lessons from the Eisenhower experience.
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: pbk ISBN 9780819183682

Description

"Constructive Years" is an account of Eisenhower's economic policies by the chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers during Eisenhower's second term. The book begins with an account of the political and economic philosophy that made Eisenhower an advocate of limted, non-interventionist government and competitive, market-directed enterprise economy. Later chapters recount Eisenhower's actual economic administration and his efforts to obtain legislation enabling him to institute programmes in line with his philosophy of American-style individualism.

Table of Contents

  • Eisenhower's philosphy and goals
  • implications of the philosophy for policies and programmes
  • getting started
  • promoting the economy's stability and growth - encounters with the business cycle
  • proposing a legislative programme - confrontations with Congress
  • assessing the record
  • epilogue - lessons from the Eisenhower experience.

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