Data and calculations for the book "The Land of Too Much" Monica Prasad, Harvard University Press 2012 (ICPSR 34298)

Principal Investigator(s): Prasad, Monica, Northwestern University

Summary: This data collection was used in the preparation of the book "The Land of Too Much" by author and Principle Investigator Monica Prasad. The data collection includes historical figures on the political economy for the Unites States and other advanced industrial countries. The book addresses why the United States has more poverty than every other developed country, why it experienced an attack on state intervention starting in the 1980s (known today as the neoliberal revolution), and why... (more info)

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Prasad, Monica. Data and calculations for the book "The Land of Too Much" Monica Prasad, Harvard University Press 2012. ICPSR34298-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2012-07-05. doi:10.3886/ICPSR34298.v1

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34298.v1

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Summary:   This data collection was used in the preparation of the book "The Land of Too Much" by author and Principle Investigator Monica Prasad. The data collection includes historical figures on the political economy for the Unites States and other advanced industrial countries. The book addresses why the United States has more poverty than every other developed country, why it experienced an attack on state intervention starting in the 1980s (known today as the neoliberal revolution), and why it recently suffered the greatest economic meltdown in seventy-five years.

Subject Terms:   depression (economic), economic conditions, economic history, economic trends, economics, industrial nations, microeconomics, poverty

Geographic Coverage:   Global, United States

Universe:   The United States and other advanced industrial countries.

Data Types:   aggregate data

Data Collection Notes:

This collection includes data for Chapters 4, 8, and 9 of the book "The Land of Too Much".

The zipped package contains Stata and Microsoft Excel files, which provide data, tables, and figures used in the publication.

These data are part of ICPSR's Publication-Related Archive and are distributed exactly as they arrived from the data depositor. ICPSR has not checked or processed this material. Users should consult the investigator(s) if further information is desired.

Original ICPSR Release:  2012-07-05

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