Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: A Framework for the Analysis of Macroeconomics and Electoral Politics -- Macroeconomic and Institutional Background -- The Demand for Economic Outcomes -- The Supply of Economic Outcomes -- I Macroeconomic and Institutional Background -- 1 Postwar American...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. The First World War, 1914-1918 -- 2. America's New Role, 1919-1923 -- 3. Survival, Expansion, and New Arrivals, 1919-1923 -- 4. Prosperity, 1924-1929 -- 5. The Foreign Multinationals, 1924-1929...

Should the United States Privatize Social Security? -- Contents -- Introduction -- Social Security Reform: Two Tiers Are Better Than One -- Social Security: Tune It Up, Don t Trade It In -- Comments -- Responses -- Rejoinder -- Contributors -- Index.

A comprehensive analysis of racial disparities and the determinants of entrepreneurial performance--in particular, why Asian-owned businesses on average perform relatively well and why black-owned businesses typically do not.

Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Key Issues in Water Services Privatization -- 2 History of U.S. Water and Wastewater Systems -- 3 Forces of Change in the Water Service Industry -- 4 Models of Water Service Provision -- 5 Structural, Pricing, and Regulatory Issues --...

Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Scope and Patterns of Work by Children and Adolescents -- 3 Health and Safety at Work -- 4 Work's Effects on Children and Adolescents -- 5 Agriculture -- 6 Laws, Regulations, and Training -- 7 Conclusions and...

Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- The Dynamics of Long-Term Growth: Gaining and Losing Advantage in the Chemical Industry1 -- Chemicals1 -- Steel -- Powder Metallurgy Parts -- Trucking1 -- Grocery Retailing1 -- Retail Banking1 -- Computing -- Semiconductors1 -- Hard Disk...

Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- The System of National Accounts -- Implementing the System of National Accounts -- Going Beyond the System of National Accounts -- References -- APPENDIX A Participants, Workshop on Improving Economic Statistics -- APPENDIX B Papers Presented, Workshop on...

Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Contribution of R&D to U.S. Economic Development -- 3 Foreign Participation in Privately Funded U.S. R&D -- 4 Foreign Participation in Publicly Funded U.S. R&D -- 5 Findings and Recommendations -- References --...

Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Overview -- 2 Trends and Directions -- 3 Societal Implications -- 4 Promoting Competitiveness: Policy Issues and Obstacles -- Bibliography -- A Colloquium Participants -- B Colloquium Agenda -- C Follow-up Interviews.