Higgs, Robert. <br/><br/>
Depression, war, and cold war  studies in political economy /  [electronic resource] : 
by Robert Higgs. 
 - Oakland, CA :  Independent Institute,  c2006. 
 - xv, 221 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Regime 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. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>War--Economic aspects--United States.<br/>Depressions--United States.--1929
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Economic conditions--20th century.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC106  / .H535 2006eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>330.973/091