San Antonio College Library

Collection of articles that contain the facts, history, and viewpoints on a number of controversial issues.

Explains how to take advantage of the new economy, covering topics ranging from credit cards to college tuition to retirement planning.

"Economic choices for the 1990s"--Jacket subtitle. Includes essays by Robert Heilbroner, Gene La Rocque, Martin Mayer, Wendell Berry, and Kirkpatrick Sale.

This journey into the heart of the New Economy combines dramatic tales of high finance with revealing portraits of some of America's most powerful business leaders. Smith depicts the massive power shift in the American economy from major corporate CEOs to Wall Street money managers. This episode features the inside story of the Chase Manhattan-Chemical Bank merger, spiced with a rare behind-the-scenes profile of mutual-fund manager Michael Price,...

The impact of climate change on the United States is explored in this collection. The hypothesis of the study is that warming would be beneficial to the economies of the colder regions but harmful to the economies of the warmer more southern regions.

This text attempts to write the history of the making of American economic policy during the 1990s. Each chapter is devoted to a particular area of economic policy and consists of a background paper.

Looks at the federal budget-making process, discusses the financial problems of the social security system, and examines recent economic legislation.

Two contradictory patterns of behavior have worked in concert to shape American history and identity - our willingness to pull up stakes and our determination to put down roots. Over the past fifteen years, the balance has tipped against established communities with shared rituals and traditions. Leach suggests that a new mentality is emerging, one that challenges our traditional understanding of community and denies its importance. This new cosmopolitanism...

With the U.S. economy once again a top priority of policy makers, it is worth understanding that matters are worse than they seem. Output, the traditional "bottom-line" measure of the economy's health, has turned up. The recession of 1990-91 is over. But the tepid recovery leaves much to be desired. Digging deeper, longtime observer of the economy Wallace C. Peterson finds plenty of cause for alarm. Wages, family income, and productivity growth began...