economic conditions

Explores the coal-mining and utility interests that are preparing to stripmine the Northern Great Plains, the issues involved, the struggle with local citizens, and alternatives.

Examines the persistant despoliation of the Appalachian Plateau and the lives of its inhabitants.

The former Federal Reserve Board chairman reveals the financial close call that nearly resulted in an economic disaster after September 11, his efforts to safeguard American interests, and the personal and educational history that informed his choices.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Describes the history of the early nineteenth century when the United States was in transition from a rural economy to an industrial powerhouse, and the combination of universal male suffrage, the shift of political power from elites to the middle class, and the commitment to mechanized production produced a mass-consumption society.

Examines the rise of movement conservatism in the U.S., defined by the author as a network of people and institutions that extends far beyond what is normally considered political life; contends that Republican conservatism is the result of white backlash against the civil rights movement; and argues that the drastic economic inequality that has developed in the U.S. since the 1980s is in direct correlation to political partisanship.

Examines the double-digit inflation that hit the United States between 1960 and 1979 and the recession of 1981 and 1982, and the economic and social changes that occurred as aresult; and maintains that economists must understand the problems of the past in order to avoid the same issues in the future.