A Perilous Progress : : Economists and Public Purpose in Twentieth-Century America /

A Perilous Progress : : Economists and Public Purpose in Twentieth-Century America / / Michael A. Bernstein.

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The economics profession in twentieth-century America began as a humble quest to understand the "wealth of nations." It grew into a profession of immense public prestige--and now suffers a strangely withered public purpose. Michael Bernstein portrays a profession that has ended up repudiat...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Bernstein, Michael A.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©2001
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (376 p.) :; 15 halftones.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • A Note on the Notes
  • Prologue. Being Ignored
  • Introduction. Professional Expertise as a Historical Problem
  • 1. Shaping an Authoritative Community
  • 2. Prospects, Puzzles, and Predicaments
  • 3. The Mobilization of Resources and Vice Versa
  • 4. On Behalf of the National Security State
  • 5. Statecraft and Its Retainers
  • 6. Statecraft and Its Discontents
  • Epilogue. Being Ignored (Reprise)
  • Notes
  • Bibliography and Reference Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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