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Many believe that despite its destructive character, war ultimately boosts long-term economic growth. For the United States this view is often supported by appeal to the experience of the Second World War, understood as a triumph of both production and productivity. Alexander Field shows that between 1941 and 1945 manufacturing productivity actually declined, depressed by changes in the output mix and resource shocks from enemy action, including curtailed access to natural rubber and, on the Eastern Seaboard, petroleum. The war forced a shift away from producing goods in which the country had a great deal of experience toward those in which it had little
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monografia Rebiun36787731 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun36787731 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr#cnu|||||||| 220930r20232022ctua fob 001|0|eng|d 9780300268577 electronic bk.) 9780300251029 10.12987/9780300268577 doi StDuBDS eng StDuBDS rda pn n-us--- ctu US-CT Field, Alexander J. author The economic consequences of U.S. mobilization for the Second World War Alexander J. Field New Haven Yale University Press [2023] New Haven New Haven Yale University Press 1 online resource (468 pages) 1 online resource (468 pages) Yale scholarship online Previously issued in print: 2022 Includes bibliographical references and index Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. The Impact of War Mobilization on Economic Potential -- 2. Manufacturing Productivity Before, During, and After World War II -- 3. What Kind of Miracle Was the U.S. Synthetic Rubber Program? -- 4. Petroleum, Paukenschlag, and Pipelines -- 5. From Priorities Unemployment to Labor Shortage -- 6. Bright Shiny Objects: Learning by Doing and Postwar Potential Output -- 7. Are Patent Data Consistent with the Productivity Numbers? -- 8. Productivity Growth in the Rest of the Economy -- 9. Military Distribution and Its Legacy -- 10. Do You Believe in Magic? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z. Many believe that despite its destructive character, war ultimately boosts long-term economic growth. For the United States this view is often supported by appeal to the experience of the Second World War, understood as a triumph of both production and productivity. Alexander Field shows that between 1941 and 1945 manufacturing productivity actually declined, depressed by changes in the output mix and resource shocks from enemy action, including curtailed access to natural rubber and, on the Eastern Seaboard, petroleum. The war forced a shift away from producing goods in which the country had a great deal of experience toward those in which it had little Specialized Print version Field, Alexander J. The Economic Consequences of U. S. Mobilization for the Second World War New Haven : Yale University Press,c2022 9780300251029 Yale scholarship online