Keynesianism, Pennsylvania Avenue Style: Some Economic Consequences of the Employment Act of 1946

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 41-53

  De Long, J Bradford ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0002201618     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.10.3.41     Document Type: Article

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