02856cam a2200385 i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700800410003401000170007502000470009204000280013904200080016704300120017505000270018708200160021408400450023010000390027524501190031426400680043330000270050133600210052833700250054933800230057450400670059750501310066452011680079565000500196365000590201365000570207265000540212965000620218365100360224570000420228177601470232318892968BJBSDDR20230411090120.0070619s2016 mau b 001 0 eng  a 2015043604 a9781422189818 (hardcover : acidfree paper) aDLCbengcDLCerdadDLC apcc an-us---00aHC 106.84 bC678c 201600a330.973223 aBUS079000aBUS069000aBUS0230002bisacsh1 aCohen, Stephen S.,eauthor.d1938-10aConcrete economics :bthe Hamilton approach to economic growth and policy /cStephen S. Cohen, J. Bradford DeLong. 1aBoston, Massachusetts :bHarvard Business Review Press,c[2016] axi, 223 pages ;c22 cm atext2rdacontent aunmediated2rdamedia avolume2rdacarrier aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 193-206) and index. aAdditional redesigns: from Lincoln to FDR -- The long age of Eisenhower -- The East Asian model -- The hypertrophy of finance. a"Brilliantly written and argued, Concrete Economics shows exactly how the US government has shaped and directed the economy since the very inception of the country. This book does not rehash the sturdy and well-known arguments that to thrive, an entrepreneurial economy needs a social and policy environment characterized by a broad range of freedoms. Nor does it buy into the myth of the absolutely free market. Instead, Cohen and DeLong focus on the forgotten role played by the US government in initiating and enabling a redesign of the US economy. The government not only sets the ground rules for entrepreneurial activity but directs the surges of energy that mark a vibrant economy. It is as true for present-day Silicon Valley as it was for New England manufacturing at the dawn of the nineteenth century. This is not an argument based on abstract truths, complex correlations, or arcane discoveries, but rather on the facts of how the US economy succeeded so brilliantly. And that provides a blueprint for how the government, established companies, and new ventures can partner to yet again successfully reshape the economy. "--cProvided by publisher. 0aEconomic developmentzUnited StatesxHistory. 7aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business.2bisacsh 7aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General.2bisacsh 7aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History.2bisacsh 0aDesarrollo económicozRepública DominicanaxHistoria. 0aUnited StatesxEconomic policy. aDe Long, J. Bradford,eauthor.d1960-08iOnline version:aCohen, Stephen S., author.tConcrete economicsdBoston : Harvard Business Review Press, 2016z9781422189825w(DLC) 2015049475