Writing American consumption history -- Consumer culture theory in historical perspective -- Colonial consumption from 1607 to 1790 -- Consumption in a new nation, 1790 to 1865 -- The gilded age, 1865 to 1900 -- Consumption progress, 1900 to 1930 -- The great depression and World War II --...

We specify an empirical model of US inflation which has the dynamics of wage and price setting at its core. In the dynamic wage equation an equilibrium-correction term connects the wage level to industrial prosperity indicators. In that way, the role of wage setting in the dynamics of the...

Acknowledgements -- The problem -- Where it all started -- The Swedish roots of the American welfare state -- Exporting egalitarianism to America -- Problem 1: Fiscal eugenics -- Problem 2: Slow growth -- Problem 3: Government debt -- Conclusion -- Reference list -- Index