The Myth of America's Decline: Leading the World Economy Into the 1990s
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America's power has declined since 1945, yet America's democratic purposes are more widely emulated in the world today than ever before, and economic growth and employment in the United States in the 1980s reached levels that rivaled the boom years of postwar prosperity from 1947-1967. Challenging the pessimists who focus only on the decline of American power, this book argues that outcomes depend much more on how America defines its political identity or national purposes in the world community and what specific economic policies it chooses. In recent years, America has projected a more self-confindent political identity, anchoring an unprecedented trend even in the communist world towards freer political institutions; and future American economic policy choices, especially the need to reduce the budget deficit, still hold the key to preserving and enhancing what considerable power the United States retains. This pathbreaking book is intended for the general reader, but will be essential reading not only for economists, politicians, and policy makers, but also for scholars and students working in economics and international relations.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0195060016
ISBN13:9780195060010
Release Date:September 1990
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:448 Pages
Weight:1.85 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 6.4" x 9.6"
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