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James Buchanan serviu com o almirante Nimitz contra as forças japonesas no Pacífico. E tem um artigo sendo escrito por mais um cara de História Econômica. Não deve estar publicado ainda, mas a referência taí embaixo.
O ponto interessante - para mim - é: será que existiu um crowding out de economistas no setor privado? Pior ainda: será que o governo causou um excesso de emprego para economistas? Isso explicaria esta quantidade de economistas na rua (he he he).
Title: The Role of Economists in World War II
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Language: English
Abstract:
This paper examines the role of economists as policy and military advisors during World War II. During World War II, economists held key positions in the War Production Board, where they helped allocate scarce resources for the War effort; the Office of Price Administration, where they successfully controlled inflation and civilian shortages through price controls and rationing; the Office of Strategic Services, where they helped select enemy targets to be bombed; the War Labor Relations Board, where they helped to mediate between labor and management to control strikes; the Statistical Research Group at Columbia, where they worked on problems posed by the military; and the War reparations Board, where they helped design the postwar settlement. The success of economists is seen by the passage of the Employment Act of 1946, which provided for a permanent role for economists as Presidential advisors. This paper will examine
the increasing prominence of economists as government advisors during this perion, relying on primary and secondary sources as well as unpublished interviews conducted by Robert Fogel with a number of prominent economists.
Bibliography: Guglielmo, Mark A. "The Role of Economists in World War
II." University of Chicago, Working Paper 2003.
Subject: W
Geographical Area: 7
Country/Region: USA
Time Period: 9
James Buchanan serviu com o almirante Nimitz contra as forças japonesas no Pacífico. E tem um artigo sendo escrito por mais um cara de História Econômica. Não deve estar publicado ainda, mas a referência taí embaixo.
O ponto interessante - para mim - é: será que existiu um crowding out de economistas no setor privado? Pior ainda: será que o governo causou um excesso de emprego para economistas? Isso explicaria esta quantidade de economistas na rua (he he he).
Title: The Role of Economists in World War II
Internet Address of abstracted work: not available
By mail:
1414 East 59th Street
Apartment 386
Chicago, IL 60637
Language: English
Abstract:
This paper examines the role of economists as policy and military advisors during World War II. During World War II, economists held key positions in the War Production Board, where they helped allocate scarce resources for the War effort; the Office of Price Administration, where they successfully controlled inflation and civilian shortages through price controls and rationing; the Office of Strategic Services, where they helped select enemy targets to be bombed; the War Labor Relations Board, where they helped to mediate between labor and management to control strikes; the Statistical Research Group at Columbia, where they worked on problems posed by the military; and the War reparations Board, where they helped design the postwar settlement. The success of economists is seen by the passage of the Employment Act of 1946, which provided for a permanent role for economists as Presidential advisors. This paper will examine
the increasing prominence of economists as government advisors during this perion, relying on primary and secondary sources as well as unpublished interviews conducted by Robert Fogel with a number of prominent economists.
Bibliography: Guglielmo, Mark A. "The Role of Economists in World War
II." University of Chicago, Working Paper 2003.
Subject: W
Geographical Area: 7
Country/Region: USA
Time Period: 9
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