01521    a2200157   4500020001500000020001800015082001200033100002000045245010800065260003400173300001100207500001500218520096300233856008101196856008601277  a0043390447  a978004339044304a339.5221 aNell, Edward J.10aProsperity and public spending :btransformational growth and the role of government /cEdward J. Nell.  a[S.l.] :bUnwin Hyman,c1988.  a224 p.  aHardcover.  aIn a dramatic and well-argued challenge to the prevailing wisdom, Prosperity and Public Spending , first published in 1988, contends that the failure of Keynesian economics has been due to its timidity. Far from contracting, the government must expand its powers and activities, in order to achieve and maintain economic prosperity. The need for such expansion arises from the fact that the system has developed from a craft-based economy to a mass-production network with sophisticated international finance. This "transformational growth" brings about irreversible and sometimes devastating changes, requiring government action. Professor Nell argues that a lack of government action in the decade prior to the book’s initial publication was responsible for the stagnation of the economy and he asserts that this could only be overcome by a determined policy intervention and the political will to achieve dominance over private capital  3Amazon.comuhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0043390447/chopaconline-2  3Amazon customer reviewsuhttp://www.chopac.org/cgi-bin/tools/azrev.pl?q=004339044