"Examines effects of the 2008-09 financial downturn on all workers with particular attention to low-income older workers who stand to suffer the most, often retiring early because of lack of work; discusses the real effects of the stock market decline, falling house prices, and …
"Studies of wage and income inequality among U.S. citizens over the past thirty years have engendered the common wisdom that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. But is it really that simple? The authors contend that the evolution of income and wage inequ…
Presents statistical information regarding long-term trends in standard of living, financial security, economic mobility, and economic mobility in relation to education, in order to demonstrate the author's view that the American Dream is becoming less attainable for a large gro…
A distinctive combination of post-Keynesian, institutional and gender analysis is utilised in this unique study of economics at the household level. The author poses questions that cut across rigidly determined areas of inquiry, such as gender and money and micro- and macroecono…
"A hundred years ago, many theorists believed ... just as they did at the beginning of our twenty-first century ... that the world had reached a state of economic perfection, a never before seen human interdependence that would lead to universal growth and prosperity. Then, as n…
In this work, Patrick Hyder Patterson shows that Yugoslavia displayed styles and levels of consumerism associated with Western capitalism, but generated within an identifiably socialist system.
In this work, Patrick Hyder Patterson shows that Yugoslavia displayed styles and levels of consumerism associated with Western capitalism, but generated within an identifiably socialist system.
In this work, Patrick Hyder Patterson shows that Yugoslavia displayed styles and levels of consumerism associated with Western capitalism, but generated within an identifiably socialist system.
Cover; Titel; Impressum; Inhalt; "Kanonen statt Butter"; I. Terror und Verheißung; Moralischer Zusammenbruch; Die Unternehmer und Hitler; Keine Zeit für "Blut und Boden"; II. Wege aus der Not; Lebensstandard und Wirtschaftswunder; Aufrüstung; Autarkie und Großwirtschaftsraum; II…
