American Decades
The New Economy Index: Understanding America's Economic Transformation
Report
By: Robert D. Atkinson and Randolph H. Court
Date: 1998
Source: Atkinson, Robert D., and Randolph H. Court. "The New Economy Index: Understanding America's Economic Transformation." Progressive Policy Institute Report, November 18, 1998. Available online at http://www.ppionline.org/ndol/print.cfm?contentid=1270; website home page: http://www.ppionline.org (accessed June 5, 2003).
About the Authors: Robert D. Atkinson was one of the founders of the Progressive Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. Randolph H. Court was a researcher at this centrist think tank.
Introduction
Over the course of the twentieth century, a series of independent research institutions in a variety of subject areas were founded. Eventually, they were called "think tanks." The...
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1990's Business and the Economy Primary Sources
- "Industry Employment and the 1990–91 Recession"
- Preamble to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
- Wal-Mart: A History of Sam Walton's Retail Phenomenon
- President Clinton's State of the Union Address January 23, 1996
- "WorldCom Together"
- "Life on the Internet: Timeline"
- "The New Demon"
- The New Economy Index: Understanding America's Economic Transformation
- "Bull Market Keynesianism"
- "Job Growth in the 1990s: A Retrospect"
- "A Fair Deal for the World"
- "Dow Jones Industrial Average, 1990–1999"
- "Economy in Perspective: Consumer Price Index, 1961–2002"
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
