US Economic History Since 1945
- ISBN-10
- 0719041856
- ISBN-13
- 9780719041853
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 236
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Author
- Michael French
Description
The period since 1945 has seen the US economy evolve from an expanding consumer society in which affluence was more widely distributed than before, through to the economic challenges of recessions in the 1970s, and 1980's and the competitive challenge from overseas rivals, notably Japan.
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