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Drastic Measures: A History of Wage and Price Controls in the United States - Studies in Economic History and Policy: USA in the Twentieth Century Hugh Rockoff
Drastic Measures: A History of Wage and Price Controls in the United States - Studies in Economic History and Policy: USA in the Twentieth Century
Hugh Rockoff
This is a history of America's use of wage and price controls from colonial times to the 1970s. It explores the impact of controls on prices and productivity, side-effects such as the growth of black markets and the expansion of government, and the relationship between controls and monetary policy.
304 pages, bibliography, index
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | February 12, 2004 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521522038 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 304 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 19 mm · 457 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Galambos, Louis |
| Series Editor | Gallmam, Robert |