The American Economy
The American Economy

Author: Nicolas Spulber

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1997-07-13

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9780521595834

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This work focuses on the economic challenges the American economy has met during the post-World War II era, and on the new challenges--represented notably by the competing economies of Japan, Germany, and the entire European union--that confront it as the twenty-first century approaches. The book shows how the transformations brought about by international competition fit the long-term processes of economic growth and change with respect to structural mutations, technological development, the role of the government, and the evolution of government-business relations. Nicholas Spulber presents a detailed critique of the thesis alleging that the American economy had experienced some kind of decline, and argues that the economy will continue to move forward energetically and successfully if growth and change are primarily left to emerge from the impulses and incentives of the private economy.

Robbing Peter to Pay Paul
Robbing Peter to Pay Paul

Author: Samuel Evan Milner

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2021-01-01

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 0300257341

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Concentrated market power and the weakened sway of corporate stakeholders over management have emerged as leading concerns of American political economy. Samuel Milner provides a historical context for contemporary efforts to resolve these anxieties by examining the contest to control the distribution of corporate income during the mid-twentieth century. During this "Golden Age of American Capitalism," apprehension about the debilitating consequences of industrial concentration fueled efforts to ensure that management would share the fruits of progress with workers, consumers, and society as a whole. Focusing on wage and price determination in steel, automobiles, and electrical equipment, Milner reveals how the management of concentrated industries understood its ability to distribute income to its stakeholders as well as why economists, courts, and public policymakers struggled to curtail the exercise of that market power at its source.

President's 1963 Tax Message
President's 1963 Tax Message

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means

Publisher:

Published: 1963

Total Pages: 1102

ISBN-13:

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Includes revised testimony of Feb. 6-8, 1963, the original version of which is contained in (88) H1973-0-A, pt.1; Continuation of hearings on Presidential tax proposals. Focuses on tax treatment of employment benefit plans, income from investment and sale of real estate, and retirement income, pt.2; Focuses on lump sum distributions from profit-sharing plans, pt.3; Continuation of hearings on Presidential tax reduction proposals, pt.5;Focuses on lumber sales capital gains tax exemption elimination. Includes "Economic Considerations Relating to Capital Gains Taxation of Timber," by Timber Resource Survey Committee and Stanford Research Institute, Mar., 1963 (p. 3081-3322.), pt.6; Focuses on proposed mineral depletion allowance reductions, especially oil and natural gas depletion allowances, pt.7.