Alvin H. Hansen

Readings in Business Cycles and National Income (1953) is a collection of original texts on economics, recessions and employment, looking at the ways that business cycles can affect a nation’s economy, spending power and employment rates.

""Economic Progress and Declining Population Growth"" is a book written by Alvin H. Hansen, an American economist. The book explores the relationship between economic growth and population growth, arguing that declining population growth can actually be beneficial for economic progress. Hansen argues that as populations age and fertility rates decline, there are fewer young people entering the workforce, which can lead to labor shortages and increased demand for labor. This can lead to higher wages, increased productivity, and ultimately, economic growth. The book also explores the potential consequences of declining population growth, including changes in social structures, changes in family dynamics, and shifts in political power. Hansen's arguments are supported by a wide range of data and research, making this book a valuable resource for anyone interested in the relationship between population growth and economic development. This is a new release of the original 1939 edition. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Written during the Second World War against the background of the economic and political futility of the 1930s, this book deals with the changing role of government, and particularly fiscal policy as an instrument for regulating the national income and its distribution. Arguing that the war had an economic basis - the inability of the great industrial nations to provide full employment at rising standards of real income - the book discusses how the failure to achieve a world order in the political sphere must be sought in the facts of economic frustration.

This edition (1964) of Business Cycles and National Income includes the whole of the 1951 edition (Parts I-IV) in unaltered form and adds five new chapters (Part V). This new material presents a survey and analysis of the four recessions and recoveries which we have witnessed in the American economy in the periods 1948-1963.

Written during the Second World War against the background of the economic and political futility of the 1930s, this book deals with the changing role of government, and particularly fiscal policy as an instrument for regulating the national income and its distribution. Arguing that the war had an economic basis - the inability of the great industrial nations to provide full employment at rising standards of real income - the book discusses how the failure to achieve a world order in the political sphere must be sought in the facts of economic frustration.