economic policy

Explains what a stimulus plan is and how it works, discussing positive and negative aspects of using a stimulus plan to aid a nation's struggling economy, and describing the outcomes of plans that have been used throughout history.

Contains over five hundred alphabetically arranged entries that explore significant ideas, initiatives, people, and events in the four-hundred-year history of the U.S. economy, and includes thirty-one analytical essays on economic issues and trends, a selection of related primary source documents, and explanatory charts.

"Covers the history of poverty in the United States, explaining what poverty looks like today and highlighting key players and efforts to reduce poverty in the country"--Provided by publisher.

Examines the controversies arising from the opportunities being created for energy resources in the Arctic, due to global warming.

"This book describes the context, important figures, and significant events surrounding the postwar boom era of American history"--Provided by publisher.

"In Adrift, Galloway looks to the past--from 1945 to present day--to explain just how America arrived at this precipice. Telling the story of our nation through 100 charts, Galloway demonstrates how crises such as Jim Crow, World War II, and the Stock Market Crash of 2008, as well as the escalating power of technology, an entrenched white patriarchy, and the socio-economic effects of the pandemic, created today's perfect storm. Adrift attempts to make sense of it all, and offers Galloway's unique take on where we're headed and who we'll become, touching on topics as wide-ranging as online dating to minimum wage to the American dream"--Provided by publisher.

"This book argues that Northern disputes over public debt, greenbacks, and tariffs, as well as national economic consequences of the Civil War, undermined Reconstruction as much as Southern race relations and constitutional issues"--Provided by publisher.

Discusses prosperity and how American workers are treated in society.

Discusses the emergence of supply-side economics in response to the economic conditions of the 1970s, examining myths about supply-side economics, and describing the positive outcomes of initiatives that focused on a combination of tax cuts and stable money which have been used to improve the American economy throughout the twentieth century.