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Thomas Ferguson

Golden Rule

The Investment Theory of Party Competition and the Logic of Money-Driven Political Systems

440 pages, 10 line drawings, 7 tables  6 x 9  © 1995
Series: American Politics and Political Economy Series

Cloth $75.00

ISBN: 9780226243160   Published June 1995

Paper $25.00

ISBN: 9780226243177   Published June 1995

Introduction. Politics, Social Science, and the Golden Rule: Reading the
Handwriting on the Wall
1: Party Realignment and American Industrial Structure: The Investment
Theory of Political Parties in Historical Perspective
2: From 'Normalcy' to New Deal: Industrial Structure, Party Competition,
and American Public Policy in the Great Depression
3: Monetary Policy, Loan Liquidation, and Industrial Conflict: The Federal
Reserve and the Open Market Operations of 1932
Thomas Ferguson, Gerald Epstein.
4: Industrial Structure and Party Competition in the New Deal: A
Quantitative Assessment
5: By Invitation Only: Party Competition and Industrial Structure in the
1988 Election
6: 'Real Change'? 'Organized Capitalism,' Fiscal Policy, and the 1992
Election
Conclusion. Money and Destiny in Advanced Capitalism: Paying the Piper,
Calling the Tune
Postscript
Appendix: Deduced and Abandoned: Rational Expectations, the Investment
Theory of Political Parties, and the Myth of the Median Voter
Index
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