02501nam a22003017a 450000500170000000800450001701000130006202000150007502000150009003500120010504000280011705000240014508200160016908200220018510000220020724500950022926000830032430000350040749000600044250400640050250504080056652009330097465000320190765100390193983000610197885600740203985600860211320241118090508.0940801s19971995    enka     b    001 0 eng    a94031451  a0521480132  a0521595835  a1093525  aTOCbengcTOCdBD-DhBPA00aHC106.5b.S696 199504a330.97322004a330.973bSPA 19971 aSpulber, Nicolas.14aThe American economy :bthe struggle for supremacy in the 21st century /cNicolas Spulber.  aCambridge [England] ;aNew York, NY, USA :bCambridge University Press,c1995.  axvii, 286 p. :bill. ;c24 cm.1 aCambridge studies in economic policies and institutions  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 253-277) and index.0 aPt. I. A challenge met. 1. Postwar growth and change. 2. Government-business relationship -- Pt. II. The new challenge and its implications. 3. The challenge. 4. The implications -- Pt. III. The long-run development of the U.S. economy. 5. The structural transformations. 6. The state machine and the evolving economy -- Pt. IV. The road ahead. 7. New priorities. 8. Contests at technological frontiers.  aThis work focuses on the economic challenges the American economy has met during the post-World War II era and on the new challenges - represented notably by the competing economies of Japan, Germany, and the entire European Union - which confront it as the 21st century approaches. The book shows how the transformations brought about by international competition fit into the long-term processes of economic growth and change with respect to structural mutations, technological development, the role of government, and the evolution of government-business relations. Professor Spulber presents a detailed critique of the thesis alleging that the American economy has experienced some kind of decline. He demonstrates not only that such a decline has not taken place but also that the economy will continue to strengthen if growth and change are primarily left to emerge from the impulses and incentives of the private economy. 0aCompetition, International. 0aUnited StatesxEconomic conditions 0aCambridge studies in economic policies and institutions.413Table of contentsuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam026/94031451.html423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam026/94031451.html