The Economics of War and Peace

E. Canterbery ()

Chapter 5 in Harry S Truman:The Economics of a Populist President, 2014, pp 67-83 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: On April 12, 1945, Harry S. Truman was sworn in as the 33rd president of the United States upon the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In the days immediately after becoming President, Alben Barkley advised Truman: “Have confidence in yourself. If you do not, the people will lose confidence in you.”1 He took the advice to heart, despite some initial doubts about himself…

Keywords: Harry S Truman; Bessie Wallace (Mrs Truman); the Whistle-Stop Campaign; President's Council of Econmics Advisers (CEA); Employment Act of 1946; Progressive populist; Progressivism; McCarthyism; War and peace; Democrats; Republicans; Keynesian economics; Communism; Iron Curtain; Stalin; New Deal; Truman Doctrine; Marshall Plan; Korean Warl Cold War; George C Marshall; Dwight D Eisenhower; Gerhard Colm; World War One; World War Two; Great Depression; Roaring Twenties (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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