The Long Swing in Historical Perspective : An Interpretive Study
New York: Arno Press, 1978.
Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Item #6262
ISBN: 040511057X
Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; "The purpose of this study is to review the literature dealing with the long swing; to offer a critique of previous hypotheses; to advance a new, integrative approach to the long swing; and to examine selected aspects of European economic history within the context of this model. The need for such a comprehensive analysis of the long-swing concept follows from the lack of synthesis and careful criticism of past offerings of the subject. ... It is not enough merely to point to the existence of regular fluctuations in some data series and call them "long swings." A viable theoretical rationale must be formulated to explain them. It is argued in this study that the long swing arises from the interaction between certain economic and demographic variables affecting household formation, migration, labor markets, and the investment which is induced by such demographic changes." - Introduction. Contents: Acknowledgements; List of Tables; List of Figures; I. Introduction; II. Long Waves, Long Swings, and Long Cycles: A Survey of Formulae; III. A Critique of Long Swing Methodology; IV. A Formal Model of the Long Swing; V. The Long Swing in Historical Perspective: A. The Great Depression; B. The Development of an "Atlantic Community"; C. The Role of Exogenous Shocks: War and Gold; VI. Summary and Conclusions; Appendixes; Bibliography. ; Dissertations in American Economic History; Ex-Library; ix, 256 pages.
Price: $199.95