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Economic growth & stability; an analysis of economic change

1974

[Front Matter and Principles of Freedom Committee Introduction]: This segment contains the title page, copyright information, and an introduction to the Principles of Freedom Committee...

Capitalism Economic Development Friedrich A. Hayek Gottfried Haberler Milton Friedman Fiscal Policy Inflation International Trade Monetary Policy Bretton Woods Gold Standard Business Cycles Great Depression Keynesian Economics Monetarism Stagflation Economic Policy Trade Unions Exchange Rates International Monetary Fund Monetary Reform Income Distribution National Income Price Controls Central Banking Competition Monopoly Productivity Welfare Economics Adam Smith Human Capital Neoclassical Economics Entrepreneurship Innovation Joseph Schumpeter Monetary Stability Laissez-faire Liberalism Nationalization Externalities Thomas Malthus Boom and Bust Effective Demand John Maynard Keynes banking Deflation Marxism New Deal Adolf Hitler Multiplier Joseph Stalin Unemployment Quantity Theory of Money Federal Reserve James Tobin Wage Rigidity Minimum Wage Paul Samuelson Phillips Curve Money Supply Price Stability Velocity of Circulation Collective Bargaining Scarcity Alfred Marshall Comparative Advantage Division of Labor raw materials Balance of Payments European Union Free Trade Protectionism Customs Union Economic History Industrial Revolution Planned Economy Convertibility Jacques Rueff Robert Triffin Special Drawing Rights Liquidity Devaluation Capital Movements Speculation Terms of Trade Forced Saving Money Market microeconomics Wages Interest Rates Arthur Cecil Pigou Hjalmar Schacht Jacob Viner Alvin Hansen Lionel Robbins Labor Market Friedrich List John Stuart Mill Real Income George Stigler

Table of Contents · 79 segments

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Front Matter and Principles of Freedom Committee Introductionfront_matter

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Acknowledgments and Table of Contentsfront_matter

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Table of Contents (Continued)front_matter

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Preface: Genesis and Evolution of the Worktheoretical

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Preface: Analysis of 1970s Inflation and Price Controlstheoretical

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Preface: International Monetary Reform and the Oil Crisistheoretical

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Chapter 1: Introduction - Objectives of Freedom and Growthchapter

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Chapter 1: Instruments of Policy - Antimonopoly and Macroeconomicschapter

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Chapter 1: International Aspects and Transition to Chapter 2chapter

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Introduction to Growth and Growth Policychapter

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Meaning and Measurement of Growththeoretical

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Determinants of Growth and Critique of Keynesian Modelstheoretical

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The Entrepreneurial Role and Institutional Milieutheoretical

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Government Intervention and Growth in Less-Developed Countriestheoretical

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Rationale for Growth Policytheoretical

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Disenchantment with Growth and Environmental Concernstheoretical

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Economic Stability and Types of Instabilitychapter

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The Classical Business Cycletheoretical

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General Characteristics and Causes of the Cycletheoretical

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Policies for Stabilization: The Shift from Prevention to Curechapter

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Analysis of the Great Depression and Policy Failurestheoretical

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The Broad Consensus on Antidepression Policiestheoretical

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Controversial Issues: Fine Tuning and the Monetarist Critiquetheoretical

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The Limits of Discretionary Policy and the 1960s Experiencetheoretical

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Stability, Growth, and Inflation: Types of Unemploymentchapter

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The Conflict Between High Pressure Systems and Growththeoretical

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Creeping Inflation and the Anticipation Fallacytheoretical

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Postscript on the 1973 Inflation and Demand Pressurestheoretical

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Introduction to Demand Inflation and Cost Inflationchapter

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Two Types of Inflation: Demand-Pull vs. Cost-Pushtheoretical

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Criticism of the Monetarist Positiontheoretical

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The Strength of the Wage-Push: Recent Developmentstheoretical

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Labor Monopolies vs. Business Monopoliestheoretical

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Chapter 7: Wage Guideposts and Incomes Policieschapter

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The Implementation and Failure of Wage Guidelinestheoretical

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Incomes Policy II: Restraining Union Powertheoretical

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Wage and Price Freezes and Tax Measurestheoretical

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Summary of Incomes Policies and Postscript on the 1973 Freezetheoretical

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International Aspects of Growth and Stability: Introductionchapter

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Section A: International Trade and Economic Growth - The Basic Factschapter

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Free Trade and Protection: Principles and Misconceptionschapter

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The Infant Industry Argument for Protectionchapter

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Lessons of History: Protectionism in Germany, France, Japan, and the USchapter

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The Failure of Modern Protectionism in Less-Developed Countrieschapter

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Conclusion to Section A and Introduction to Section Bchapter

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The Three International Monetary Systems: An Overviewchapter

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The Gold Standard: Mechanism and Requirementschapter

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The Passing of the Gold Standard and the Keynesian Impactchapter

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The Bretton Woods System or The Adjustable Pegchapter

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From the Gold Exchange Standard to the Dollar Standardchapter

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Critique and Defense of the Dollar Standardchapter

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Parity Changes Under the Bretton Woods Systemchapter

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Why the Adjustment is Not Smooth Under the Adjustable Pegchapter

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Flexible Exchange Rateschapter

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Limits of Effectiveness of Floating and Limited Flexibilitychapter

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Appendix A: Why Growth Policy?theoretical

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Appendix B: Some Recent Developments in the Theory of Unemploymenttheoretical

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Appendix C: The Phillips Curvetheoretical

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Notes to Chapter 2: Investment, Migration, and Externalitiesfootnotes

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Notes to Chapter 3: Business Cycles and Employment Indicatorsfootnotes

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Notes to Chapter 4: The Great Depression and Stabilization Policyfootnotes

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Notes to Chapter 5: Types of Unemployment and Inflationary Dynamicsfootnotes

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Notes to Chapter 6: Hyperinflation, Wage-Push, and Union Powerfootnotes

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Incomes Policy and the Phillips Curve Shifttheoretical

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Monetarist vs. Structuralist Views on Wage-Push Inflationtheoretical

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Labor Unions, Business Monopolies, and Inflationary Pressuretheoretical

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Regulatory Distortions and the Nature of Profitstheoretical

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The Evolution of Union Power and Legal Immunitiestheoretical

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Critique of Modern Inflation Theories: Tobin and Johnsontheoretical

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Notes to Chapter 7: Incomes Policy and Wage Guidelinesfootnotes

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Notes to Chapter 7: Labor Markets and Price Controlsfootnotes

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Notes to Chapter 8: Protectionism and Economic Developmentfootnotes

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Notes to Chapter 8: International Monetary Systems and Exchange Ratesfootnotes

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Notes to Chapter 8: Controls vs. Exchange Rate Adjustmentsfootnotes

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Monetarist Arguments and the Money Illusion in Exchange Rate Policytheoretical

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Transmission of Inflation and the Logic of Floating Exchange Ratestheoretical

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Notes to Appendices B and Cfootnotes

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Author Indexbibliography

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Subject Indexbibliography