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971576
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b725946
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Second thoughts : : myths and morals of U.S. economic history /\ edited by Donald N. McCloskey.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Oxford University Press,, 1995, ©1993.
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1 online resource.
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| ISBN
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1423740963
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: 1602560919
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: 9781423740964
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: 9781602560918
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| Notes
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"Published for the Manhattan Institute by Oxford University Press"--Title page verso.
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First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1995.
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Title from e-book title screen (viewed Nov. 25, 2005).
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-203) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction : looking forward into history / Donald N. McCloskey -- How tough are times in the Third World? / Jeffrey G. Williamson -- Do we really need all these immigrants? / Julian L. Simon and Rita James Simon -- Do imperial powers get rich off their colonies? / Lance E. Davis and Robert A. Huttenback -- How military mobilization hurts the economy / Robert Higgs -- Does workers' compensation make for a safer workplace? / Price V. Fishback -- American farming : if it's broke, why can't we fix it? / Lee J. Alston -- How can displaced workers find better jobs? / Elizabeth Hoffman -- What is the key to Black progress? / Robert A. Margo -- The Equal Rights Amendment : yes, but whose? / Elyce J. Rotella -- As good as gold : by what standard? / Barry Eichengreen -- Who's afraid of the big bad trade deficit? / Mark Thomas -- The Great Depression : can it happen again? / John Wallis.
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The income tax : an idea whose time has gone and come? / Benjamin Baack and Edward Ray -- Are government giveaways really free? / Terry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill -- Do Americans want big government? / Jonathan Hughes -- Should we reregulate the banks? / Richard Sylla -- Can price controls work? / Hugh Rockoff -- The Securities Exchange Commission : where from, where to? / Susan M. Phillips and J. Richard Zecher -- Fulton's folly / Gary M. Walton -- Down the primrose path / Peter Temin -- What really happened at Teapot Dome? / Gary Libecap -- Does government intervention in the economy hurt competitiveness, or help it? / Paul Uselding -- Competitiveness and the antieconomics of decline / Donald N. McCloskey -- Does science shape economic progress, or is it the other way around? / Nathan Rosenberg.
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| Abstract
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For this important new volume, Donald N. McCloskey has assembled twenty-four essays by leading economic historians who argue that commonly accepted perceptions of our economic past can be wrong and, therefore, misleading. The essays reevaluate various issues and events that influence today's economic thinking, thus examining the past as a way of preparing for the future. Such notable contributors as Robert Higgs, Julian and Rita Simon, Elyce Rotella, Terry Anderson, Barry Eichengreen, Price Fishback, Susan Phillips, and J. Richard Zecher address a wide range of issues, including the Teapot Dom.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Economic Conditions.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Economic History.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Economics-- Comparative.
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Economic history.
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Economic policy.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Economic Conditions.
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United States, Economic conditions.
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United States, Economic policy.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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330.973
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HC103.S43 1995eb
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Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.
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