The Politics of American Economic Policy Making
- ISBN-10
- 1315482037
- ISBN-13
- 9781315482033
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 464
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-09-16
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- Paul Peretz
Description
A reader on American government and the economy. It contains wide-ranging articles by people such as Richard Musgrave, Milton Friedman, James Buchanan, and Alan Greenspan.
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