<DIV><P>In nearly every industrialized country, large aging populations and increased life expectancy have placed enormous pressure on social security programs—and, until recently, the pressure has been compounded by a trend toward retirement at an earlier age. With a larger fraction of the population...</p></div>

<DIV>Rapidly changing technology, the globalization of markets, and the declining role of unions are just some of the factors that have led to dramatic changes in working conditions in the United States. Little attention has been paid to the difficult measurement problems underlying analysis of the...</div>

<DIV><DIV>The twenty-sixth edition of the <I>NBER Macroeconomics Annual</I> continues its tradition of featuring theoretical and empirical contributions that shed light on central issues in contemporary macroeconomics, pushing the frontiers of macroeconomic work in areas ranging from short-run macroeconomic...</i></div></div>

<DIV><P>Using economic models and empirical analysis, this volume examines a wide range of agricultural and biofuel policy issues and their effects on American agricultural and related agrarian insurance markets. Beginning with a look at the distribution of funds by insurance programs—created to...</p></div>

<DIV>Every time you buy a can of tuna or a new television, its bar code is scanned to record its price and other information. These "scanner data" offer a number of attractive features for economists and statisticians, because they are collected continuously, are available quickly, and record prices...</div>

<DIV>This clear, concise summary of the in-depth analyses presented in <I>The Political Economy of American Trade Policy</I> examines the level, form, and evolution of American trade protection.<BR><BR>In case studies of trade barriers imposed during the 1980s to help the steel, semiconductor, automobile, lumber,...</i></div>

<DIV><I>Studies in the Economics of Aging</I> is the fourth book in a series from the National Bureau of Economic Research that addresses economic issues in aging and retirement. Building on the research in <I>The Economics of Aging</I> (1989), <I>Issues in the Economics of Aging</I> (1990), and <I>Topics in the Economics...</i></i></i></i></div>

<DIV>How has the United States government grown? What political and economic factors have given rise to its regulation of the economy? These eight case studies explore the late-nineteenth- and early twentieth-century origins of government intervention in the United States economy, focusing on the...</div>

<DIV>How has the Bank of Japan (BOJ) helped shape Japan's economic growth during the past two decades? This book comprehensively explores the relations between financial market liberalization and BOJ policies and examines the ways in which these policies promoted economic growth in the 1980s. The...</div>

<DIV>During the first three decades following the Second World War, an increasingly open international trading system led to unprecedented economic growth throughout the world. But in recent years, that openness has been threatened by increased protectionism, regional trading arrangements—Europe...</div>