Front matter, The Defining Moment: Michael D. Bordo, Claudia Goldin, Eugene N. White (p. -20 - 0) (bibliographic info) (download)

The Defining Moment Hypothesis: The Editors' Introduction: Michael D. Bordo, Claudia Goldin (p. 1 - 20) (bibliographic info) (download)

I The Birth of Activist Macroeconomic Policy: (p. 21 - 22) (bibliographic info) (download)

1. Was the Great Depression a Watershed for American Monetary Policy?: Charles Calomiris, David Wheelock (p. 23 - 66) (bibliographic info) (download)

2. Fiscal Policy in the Shadow of the Great Depression: J. Bradford DeLong (p. 67 - 86) (bibliographic info) (download)

3. The Legacy of Deposit Insurance: The Growth, Spread, and Cost of Insuring Financial Intermediaries: Eugene N. White (p. 87 - 122) (bibliographic info) (download)

II Expanding Government: (p. 123 - 124) (bibliographic info) (download)

4. By Way of Analogy: The Expansion of the Federal Government in the 1930s: Hugh Rockoff (p. 125 - 154) (bibliographic info) (download)

5. The Impact of the New Deal on American Federalism: John J. Wallis, Wallace Oates (p. 155 - 180) (bibliographic info) (download)

6. The Great Depression and the Regulating State: Federal Government Regulation of Agriculture, 1884-1970: Gary D. Libecap (p. 181 - 224) (bibliographic info) (download)

III Insuring Households and Workers: (p. 225 - 226) (bibliographic info) (download)

7. A Distinctive System: Origins and Impact of U.S. Unemployment Compensation: Katherine Baicker, Claudia Goldin, Lawrence F. Katz (p. 227 - 264) (bibliographic info) (download)

8. Spurts in Union Growth: Defining Moments and Social Processes: Richard B. Freeman (p. 265 - 296) (bibliographic info) (download)

9. The Genesis and Evolution of Social Security: Jeffrey A. Miron, David N. Weil (p. 297 - 322) (bibliographic info) (download)

IV International Perspectives: (p. 323 - 324) (bibliographic info) (download)

10. From Smoot-Hawley to Reciprocal Trade Agreements: Changing the Course of U.S. Trade Policy in the 1930s: Douglas A. Irwin (p. 325 - 352) (bibliographic info) (download)

11. The Great Depression as a Watershed: International Capital Mobility over the Long Run: Maurice Obstfeld, Alan M. Taylor (p. 353 - 402) (bibliographic info) (download)

12. Implications of the Great Depression for the Development of the International Monetary System: Michael D. Bordo, Barry Eichengreen (p. 403 - 454) (bibliographic info) (download)

List of Contributors, Indexes: Michael D. Bordo, Claudia Goldin, Eugene N. White (p. 455) (bibliographic info) (download)