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Fixed versus flexible prices; Economic failures; Inflation; Econometrics; Supply-side economics; Rational expectations; The labor market; Rebuilding the foundations of economics.

The author of the bestseller The Zero Sum Society now tells us what we must do to remain a world-class economy at a time when other countries have outpaced us in growth, productivity and entrepreneurship.

A leading political economist advances a new theory to explain the postwar shifts in the relative economic fortunes and positions of various nations and regions.

Everybody talks about the economy; everybody has complaints or recommendations. Few know what they're talking about. So asserts Robert Eisner - one of our nation's most distinguished economists - in this authoritative analysis of the real and imagined ills of the U.S. economy. In clear, accessible language, The Misunderstood Economy confronts an array of myths surrounding economic issues. Eisner begins by challenging many of the standards traditionally...

Recent instability in financial markets has shaken the idea that the foundations of the global economy are sound. This book forsakes the criterions of both the Left and liberal economists to examine the actual behaviour of economic institutions.

Contains 12 contributions examining the economics of low unemployment rates whilst inflation did not increase during the 1990s. Presents macroeconomic perspectives, studies of effects of international trade on labour markets, projections of labour supplies to the year 2020, and an outlook on whether rising productivity and falling unemployment can be sustained or replicated.

Provides firsthand insights to the analyses and priorities of that period and a prelude to examination of subsequent ideas and policies.