Preface
The American Economy in Transition:
Introduction
Martin Feldstein
1. Postwar Changes in the American Financial
Markets
1. Benjamin M. Friedman
2. Milton Friedman
3. A. W. Clausen
2. Postwar Macroeconomics: The Evolution
of Events and Ideas
1. Robert J. Gordon
2. Arthur M. Okun
3. Herbert Stein
3. Trends in United States International Trade and
Investment since World War II
1. William H. Branson
2. Herbert Giersch
3. Peter G. Peterson
4. American Population since 1940
1. Richard A. Easterlin
2. Victor R. Fuchs
3. Simon Kuznets
5. The Evolution of the American Labor Market,
1948-80
1. Richard B. Freeman
2. John T. Dunlop
3. R. F. Schubert
6. The Level and Distribution of Economic
Weil-Being
1. Alan S. Blinder
2. Irving Kristol
3. Wilbur J. Cohen
7. The Structure of Industry
1. Richard E. Caves
2. Walter B. Wriston
3. James R. Schlesinger
8. Technology and Productivity in the United States
1. Edwin Mansfield
2. Ruben F. Mettler
3. David Packard
9. The Role of Government: Taxes, Transfers,
and Spending
1. George F. Break
2. George P. Shultz
3. Paul A. Samuelson
Concluding Comments
Arthur F. Burns
Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index