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Created Unequal the Crisis in American

by James K Galbraith

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About the Author

James K. Galbraith is Professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and at the Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin, where he teaches economics and a variety of other subjects. He has served in several positions on the staff of the U.S. Congress, including Executive Director of the Joint Economic Committee. He is the author of Balancing Acts: Technology, Finance, and the American Future (1989) and several textbooks, and has published articles in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The American Prospect, The Nation, and The Texas Observor. He lives in Austin, Texas.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Foreword
Acknowledgments

PART ONE: IDEAS

1. The Crisis of Wages and Transfers
2. The Skill Fallacy
3. Monopoly Power
4. The Concept of the Wage Structure

PART TWO: EVIDENCE

5. Instability and Stagnation
6. The Three-Level Economy
7. The Patterns of Industrial Change
8. Inequality, Unemployment, Inflation, and Growth
9. Service Wages and the Investment Cycle

PART THREE: HERESIES

10. The NAIRU Trap
11. The New Victorians
12. Liberals Stuck on the Supply Side

PART FOUR: POLICIES

13. Interest Rates and the Central Bank
14. Inflation Control Without Unemployment
15. International Full Employment
16. The Fate of the Market

Technical Appendixes to Chapters 2, 6, 7, and 8

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Product Details

ISBN:
9780684849881
Subtitle:
THE CRISIS IN AMERICAN PAY
Author:
Galbraith, James K.
Author:
Galbraith, James
Publisher:
Free Press
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Labor & Industrial Relations
Subject:
Economics
Subject:
Wages
Subject:
Economic Conditions
Subject:
Social conflict
Subject:
Income distribution
Subject:
United States Economic policy 1993-
Subject:
Economics - General
Subject:
Labor & Industrial Relations - General
Copyright:
Publication Date:
19980820
Binding:
Hardback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
368
Dimensions:
9.25 x 6.125 in 21.520 oz

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