Productivity Growth and the Competitiveness of the American Economy :
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[Book]
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a Carolina Public Policy Conference Volume
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Stanley W. Black.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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Dordrecht
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Springer Netherlands
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1989
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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(176 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
Studies in productivity analysis.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1 Economic Background and Introduction to the Papers --;2 The U.S. Basic Industries in the 1980s: Can Fiscal Policies Explain Their Changing Competitive Position? --;Comment --;3 Policy Implications of the Slowdown in U.S. Productivity Growth --;Comment --;4 The Tax Reform Act of 1986 and Economic Growth --;Comment --;5 A Businessman's Perspective on Competitiveness.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Fortunately, a steady hand and generous supply of credit from the Federal Reserve System prevented massive bankruptcies among Wall Street brokerage houses and a collapse of the credit system. Furthermore, the banking system is saddled with mountains of bad debts from the Third World and depressed parts of the American economy.