The puzzle of the American economy : how changing demographics will affect our future and influence our politics /: how changing demographics will affect our future and influence our politics. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mark A. Pisano.
• Authors: Pisano, Mark A
• Contents: Acknowledgments -- Lessons from demography -- Introduction -- "The wonderful, terrible, inscrutable economy" -- Historical change, economic behavior, and demographics -- The demographic portrait -- Generation X and the effects of population change -- What this portrait tells us -- Implications for the economy -- Implications for government budgets -- Long-term growth in America -- What we can do -- In search of a new paradigm -- The new rules of the game for a new pathway -- Managing our fiscal commons -- No one is disposable -- Conclusion: interdependence -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: New York : Praeger
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (176 pages)
• Subjects: 330.973; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy; Economic forecasting -- United States; Social Science -- Demography; Politics & government; United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century; United States -- Population
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9798216134619
• Related ISBNs: 9781440853104
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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