Institutional Analysis and Economic Policy

Lists of Figures, Tables, Graphs. List of Contributors. Preface. I: 1. Foundational concepts for Institutionalist Policy; P.D. Bush, M.R. Tool. II: 2. An Institutionalist View of Fiscal Policy; P.A. Klein. 3. Monetary Policy: An Institutionalist Approach; L.R. Way. Progressive Tax Policies; P.S. Fisher. III: 5. Promoting Economic Equity: The Basic Income Approach; C.M.A. Clark. 6. Welfare Reform; J. Peterson. 7. Universal Health Care in the United States: Analysis and Proposals; M. Keaney. 8. Social Security: Truth or Convenient Fictions?; L.R. Wray. IV: 9. Competing Perspectives on Economic Power and Accountability; E.S. Miller. 10. Market Failure in Public Utility Industries: An Institutionalist Critique of Deregulation; H.M. Trebing. 11. The Abuse of Economic and Financial Power in the New Economy: Historical Patterns in the Creation of Modern Remedies; M.F. Sheehan. V: 12. Toward Developmental Curriculum Reform: Teach What? To Whom? Why?; B. Ranson 13. Policies to Provide Non-invidious Employment; D.M. Figart. 14. Policy Implications of the New Information Economy; W.H. Melody. VI: 15. An Institutionalist Perspective on Environmental Goal Setting; K. Stephenson. 16. Policy Concerns Regarding Ecologically Sound Disposal of Industrial Waste Materials; F.G. Hayden. VII: 17. Globalization: An Institutionalist Perspective; G. Parker Foster. 18. Global Industrial Policies; W. Elsner. 19. Recent Tendencies in Developmental Economics: Bringing Institutions Back in; J.M. Cypher. About the Authors. Index.