Temin Editor Peter (7 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. An interesting collection of papers that examine aspects of the history of the use of information in business -- published as new information technologies were about to make a lot more data available. 260 pages. Minimal sign of previous use.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 208 pp., x. '1' in number line. Following the list of Contributors and "Introduction: Looking Forward Into History" by Editor, Contents divided into 24 Essays in 6 Sections: [I] INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS (1) Jeffrey G. Williamson, "How Tough Are Times in the Third World?"; (2) Julian L. Simon and Rita James Simon, "Do We Really Need All These Immigrants?'; (3) Lance E. Davis and Robert A. Huttenback, "Do Imperial Powers Get Rich Off Their Colonies?"; (4) Robert Higgs, "How Military Mobilization Hurts the Economy"; [II] WORKERS AND EMPLOYMENT (5) Price V. Fishback, "Does Workers' Compensation Make for a Safer Workplace?"; (6) Lee J. Alston, "American Farming: If It's Broke, Why Can't We Fix It?"; (7) Elizabeth Hoffman,"How Can Displaced Workers Find Better Jobs?"; [III] WOMEN AND MINORITIES (8) Robert A. Margo, "What is the Key to Black Progress?"; (9) Elyce J. Rotella, "The Equal Rights Amendment--Yes, But Whose?"; [IV] GOVERNMENT AND THE ECONOMY (10) Barry Eichengreen, "As Good As Gold--By What Standard?"; (11) Mark Thomas, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Trade Deficit?"; (12) John Wallis, "The Great Depression: Can It Happen Again?"; (13) Benjamin Baack and Edward Ray, "The Income Tax: An Idea Whose Time Has Gone and Come?"; (14) Terry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill, "Are Government Giveaways Really Free?"; (15) Jonathan Hughes, "Do Americans Want Big Government?"; [V] REGULATION, DEREGULATION AND REREGULATION (16) Richard Sylla, "Should We Reregulate the Banks?"; (17) Hugh Rockoff, "Can Price Controls Work?"; (18) Susan M. Phillips and J. Richard Zecker, "The Securities Exchange Commission: Where From, Where To?'; [VI] TECHNOLOGY AND COMPETITIVENESS (19) Gary M. Walton, "Fulton's Folly"; (20) Peter Temin, "Down the Primrose Path"; (21) Gary Libecap, "What Really Happened at Teapot Dome?"; (22) Paul Uselding, "Does Government Intervention in the Economy Hurt Competitiveness--or Help It?"; (23) Donald N. McCloskey, "Competitiveness and the Antieconomics of Decline"; (24) Nathan Rosenberg, "Does Science Shape Economic Progress--Or Is It the Other Way Around?"; Appendix: Chronology of Important Dates, pp. 181-199; For Further Reading, pp. 201-203; Index, pp. 205-208. Taupe cloth with bold black lettering on spine. Glossy beige dustwrapper not price-clipped (no price) with Title lettering in large, thick, purple letters on top third front cover, above Subtitle lettering in smaller purple across middle front cover; Editor name letters in smaller purple across bottom front cover. Only peccadilloes are spine sunned to lighter taupe than rest of cover (all lettering still bold purple and eminently readable) and SLIGHT crease remaining at top edge front cover from once having had a paper clip positioned there. Book itself is As New: Tight binding (NO cracks); sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); NO rubbing wear; NO remainder marks; NO previous owner names. Clean text. Apart from collecting sun's rays on the shelf, book looks unheld, UNREAD. …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 356 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 266 pages. 9.75x6.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.

orig. cloth. 25x17cm, xxvi,741 pp., Series: Economic History Society, The Industrial Revolutions, Volume 6. Contains 26 papers. Includes: R.E. Gallman "The Pace & Pattern of American Economic Growth"; P.A. David "New Light on a Statistical Dark Age: U.S. Real Product Growth Before 1840"; J.R. Kearl & C.L. Pope "Wealth Mobility: The Missing Element"; C. Goldin "The Economic Status of Women in the Early Republic: Quantitative Evidence"; R.A. Margo & G.C. Villaflor "The Growth of Wages in Antebellum America: New Evidence"; E.D. Domar "The Causes of Slavery or Serfdom: A Hypothesis"; A.H, Conrad & J.R. Meyer "The Economics of Slavery in the Ante Bellum South"; S. Fenoaltea "Slavery & Supervision in Comparative Perspective: A Model"; R. Ransom & R . Sutch " The Impact of the Civil War & of Emancipation on Southern Agriculture"; A. Fishlow " Antebellum Interregional Trade Reconsidered"; P.A. David "The Mechanization of Reaping in the Ante-Bellum Midwest"; R.A. Easterlin " Population Change & Farm Settlement in the Northern United States"; C.E. Solberg "Land Tenure & Land Settlement: Policy & Pattern in the Canadian Prairies & the Argentine Pampas, 1880-1930"; P. Temin "Labor Scarcity & the Problem of American Industrial Efficiency in the 1850s"; G. Wright " Cheap Labor & Southern Textiles Before 1880"; C. Golden & K. Sokoloff " Women, Children, & Industrialization in the Early Republic: Evidence from Manufacturing Censuses"; K.L. Sokoloff "Was the Transition from the Artisanal Shop to the Nonmechanized Factory Associated with Gains in Efficiency? Evidence From the U.S. Manufacturing Censuses of 1820 & 1850"; etc. Light stains to binding. Light page-edge soil. Minor wear. VG.…