American Standards of Living 1918-1988

Drawing on a number of virtually uptapped sources of data, this book presents a vivid and extremely detailed picture of the daily lives of working and middle class American families from the end of World War 1 to the 1980s. This book will add discussion about how much the US can expect living standards to increase for the next generaion in a globalized economy.

Professor of Economics at the Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California, Berkeley.

Economic Growth, Living Standards and Social Welfare
Modelling and Measuring the Standard of Living
Consuming the Products of Mechanization, 1918
Living in the Midst of Depression, 1935
Entering the Age of Affluence, 1950
Reaching Economic Supremacy, 1973
Living with Technological Change and Economic Stagnation, 1988
Conclusion
Appendix
Index
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American Standards of Living 1918-1988

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