American Capitalism, 1945-2000

Wells examines the development of economic policy, economic structure, and ideas about both, explaining the complex interaction of these factors over the past half-century. Capitalism private, profit-seeking enterprises provided a stable framework, says Wells (history, Auburn U.), within which the US economy changed radically over the last half of the 20th century. He describes the changes decade by decade. Wells examines the development of economic policy, economic structure, and ideas about both, explaining the complex interaction of these factors over the past half-century.