Prosperity, great compression and Reaganomics: lessons for economic policy

• Authors: Osiichuk Dmytro

Title variants

PL

Prosperity, ‘wielka kompresja’ i Reaganomika: wnioski dla polityki gospodarczej

RU

Процветания, greatcCompression и Рейганомики: уроки для экономической политики

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

During the 20th century USA went through several radical swings of economic policy being the response to drastic societal, technological and ideological transformations. American economy endured several crises and experienced intensive sustained growth, which eventually transformed it into the world powerhouse. Basing on its historic record and with the benefit of hindsight, relevant lessons for economic policy can be derived. Three sub-periods of the American economic history, i.e. Prosperity (1920-1929), Great Compression (1937-1947), and Reaganomics (1981-1989), have been subject to positive analysis with the goal of suggesting answers to fundamental dilemmas of political economy. Particular attention is drawn towards evolution of institutional environment, income distribution policy and theoretical assumptions underlying policy making. We highlight the most prominent ideological pitfalls, which materialized in the American economic history, but which have not been properly addressed by the policymakers and engendered pathological processes in the political and social systems.

PL

W XX wieku Stany Zjednoczone przeszły przez kilka radykalnych transformacji polityki gospodarczej będących odpowiedzią na zachodzące społeczne, technologiczne i ideologiczne zmiany. Amerykańska gospodarka przeżyła kilka kryzysów i doświadczyła intensywnego wzrostu, który uczynił ją światowym liderem. Bazując na tym historycznym doświadczeniu, możemy wyciągnąć ważne wnioski dla polityki gospodarczej. Trzy podokresy historii ekonomicznej Stanów Zjednoczonych – Prosperity (1920–1929), ‘wielka kompresja’ (1937–1947) oraz Reaganomika (1981–1989) – są poddane pozytywnej analizie w celu znalezienia odpowiedzi na fundamentalne dylematy polityki gospodarczej. Szczególną uwagę poświęcono zmianom instytucjonalnym, polityce redystrybucyjnej i teoretycznym założeniom kształtującym politykę ekonomiczną. Analizowane są ideologiczne złudzenia, które się zmaterializowały w amerykańskiej gospodarce i które nie zostały w odpowiedni sposób zaadresowane przez rządzących, powodując patologiczne zjawiska w polityce i społeczeństwie.

Keywords

EN

economic policy; Prosperity; Great Compression; Reaganomics

PL

polityka gospodarcza; Prosperity; wielka kompresja; Reaganomika

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Rzeszowski. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego
• Journal: Nierówności społeczne a wzrost gospodarczy
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 51
• Pages: 120-132

Contributors

author

Osiichuk Dmytro

• Department of Finance Kozminski University

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15584/nsawg.2017.3.10