American capitalism, 1945-2000 : continuity and change from mass production to the information society / Wyatt Wells.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Paradox of American Capitalism -- Postwar boom -- Go-go economy -- Great stagflation -- Adjusting to new realities -- "New economy" -- Ways of wealth -- Note on sources -- Index.

Wells examines the development of economic policy, economic structure, and ideas about both, explaining the complex interaction of these factors over the past half-century. Capitalism private, profit-seeking enterprises provided a stable framework, says Wells (history, Auburn U.), within which the US economy changed radically over the last half of the 20th century. He describes the changes decade by decade. Wells examines the development of economic policy, economic structure, and ideas about both, explaining the complex interaction of these factors over the past half-century.