This book examines the controlling influences that drive macroeconomic policies in the United States. It addresses the history of the interests, ideas, and prac

Keynes asked whether his ‘visionary’ ideas would overcome the interests opposed to change. However, an examination of the histories of monetary and fiscal p

This is an applications-oriented text that demystifies the linkages between monetary and fiscal policies and key macroeconomic variables such as income, unemplo

This is an applications-oriented text that demystifies the linkages between monetary and fiscal policies and key macroeconomic variables such as income, unemplo

Mayer (economics, emeritus, U. of California-Davis) analyzes the great inflation of the late 1960s and 1970s using documentary evidence, including minutes, memo