Second Thoughts : Myths and Morals of U. S. Economic History.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- Introduction: Looking Forward into History -- I: International Relations and Foreign Affairs -- 1. How Tough Are Times in the Third World? -- 2. Do We Really Need All These Immigrants? -- 3. Do Imperial Powers Get Rich Off Their Colonies? -- 4. How Military Mobilization Hurts the Economy -- II: Workers and Employment -- 5. Does Workers' Compensation Make for a Safer Workplace? -- 6. American Farming: If It's Broke, Why Can't We Fix It? -- 7. How Can Displaced Workers Find Better Jobs? -- III: Women and Minorities -- 8. What Is the Key to Black Progress? -- 9. The Equal Rights Amendment-Yes, But Whose? -- IV: Government and the Economy -- 10. As Good as Gold-By What Standard? -- 11. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Trade Deficit? -- 12. The Great Depression: Can It Happen Again? -- 13. The Income Tax: An Idea Whose Time Has Gone and Come? -- 14. Are Government Giveaways Really Free? -- 15. Do Americans Want Big Government? -- V: Regulation, Deregulation, and Reregulation -- 16. Should We Reregulate the Banks? -- 17. Can Price Controls Work? -- 18. The Securities Exchange Commission: Where From, Where To? -- VI: Technology and Competitiveness -- 19. Fulton's Folly -- 20. Down the Primrose Path -- 21. What Really Happened at Teapot Dome? -- 22. Docs Government Intervention in the Economy Hurt Competitiveness-Or Help It? -- 23. Competitiveness and the Antieconomics of Decline -- 24. Does Science Shape Economic Progress-Or Is It the Other Way Around? -- APPENDIX: CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT DATES -- FOR FURTHER READING -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

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