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The United States in the 1980s / editors, Peter Duignan, Alvin Rabushka ; foreword, W. Glenn Campbell.

Duignan, Peter. (Added Author). Rabushka, Alvin. (Added Author).

Summary:

The essays in The United States in the 1980s, written by a group of renowned and widely respected specialists, are a major contribution to a balanced discussion of the choices that lie ahead. The authors analyze the central issues, describe the policy options open to the country, and recommend specific courses of action to deal with or mitigate the problems confronting the United States--in recognition of the fact that the major problems of the new decade "are interrelated, that no problem can be resolved in isolation, and that different perspectives can contribute to a clearer and more balanced understanding of the problems that are often viewed as separate from one another." The United States in 1980s will not provide comfort or reassurance for pessimists or optimists. On the contrary, by stressing that there are realistic limits to America's ability to solve all problems--domestic and international--the essays offer guidance for sensible solutions and identify the solid base of strength upon which the United States can build in the new decade.

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Record details

ISBN: 0817972811
ISBN: 9780817972813
Physical Description: xxxix, 868 pages : map (on lining paper) ; 24 cm.
Publisher: [Stanford, Calif.] : Hoover Institution, Stanford University, [1980]
Copyright: ©1980

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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pt. 1. Domestic issues / edited by Alvin Rabushka: Tide is turning / Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman -- Economic policy / Alan Greenspan -- Public opinion and public opinion / Everett Carll Ladd, Jr., and Seymour Martin Lipset -- Taxing and spending limits / Alvin Rabushka -- Issues in tax policy / Dan Throop Smith -- Welfare reform / Martin Anderson -- Social security and the economy / Michael J. Boskin -- Government power and business performance / Murray L. Weidenbaum -- Energy options / Thomas Gale Moore -- Environmental policy / Allen V. Kneese -- Your health and the government / Rita Ricardo Campbell -- National housing policy / Richard F. Muth -- Neighborhood revitalization / John McClaughry -- Higher education: problems and prospects / John H. Bunzel -- pt. 2. Foreign affairs / edited by Peter Duignan: [1.] Issues: Arms control and national defense / Fred Charles Iklé -- Soviet approach to global nuclear conflict / Amoretta M. Hoeber and Joseph D. Douglass, Jr. -- Future of U.S. foreign intelligence operations / Ray S. Cline -- Technology: the imbalance of power / Edward Teller -- World energy sources / Hendrik S. Houthakker -- Foreign aid and the Third World / P.T. Bauer -- U.S. foreign economic aid policies / G.M. Meier -- U.S. foreign economic aid policy: politico-economic linkages / Yuan-li Wu -- International business / Richard Whalen -- [2.] Areas: Asia / Robert A. Scalapino -- Western Europe / Alfred Grosser -- Soviet Union / Richard F. Staar -- Middle East / Peter Duignan and L.H. Gann -- Latin America / Mark Falcoff -- Africa / L.H. Gann and Peter Duignan.