- Title Pages
- [UNTITLED]
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
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Chapter 1 Hungering for Heroes -
Chapter 2 The Congenial Presidency -
Chapter 3 Gerald Ford and the Ninety-fourth Congress -
Chapter 4 Ford’s Vision for America -
Chapter 5 The Great Inflation of the 1970s -
Chapter 6 Taking Aim at Inflation -
Chapter 7 Teetering on a Knife’s Edge -
Chapter 8 Rallying the Nation to Fight Inflation -
Chapter 9 The Great Recession of the 1970s -
Chapter 10 Ford’s 1975 State of the Union Program -
Chapter 11 Economic Initiatives, 1975–76 -
Chapter 12 The Energy Crisis of the 1970s -
Chapter 13 A New Energy Program -
Chapter 14 The Energy Stalemate -
Chapter 15 Breaking the Energy Logjam -
Chapter 16 Gerald Ford’s Internationalism -
Chapter 17 Thunder from the Right -
Chapter 18 Back from the Brink - Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Teetering on a Knife’s Edge
Teetering on a Knife’s Edge
- Chapter:
- (p.120) Chapter 7 Teetering on a Knife’s Edge
- Source:
- Gerald Ford and the Challenges of the 1970s
- Author(s):
Yanek Mieczkowski
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
This chapter examines the details of former U.S. President Gerald Ford's proposals for reducing inflation developed in coordination with the EPB and his newly created Council on Wage and Price Stability (CWPS). These include laws against price fixing, the imposition of a surtax, a limitation of spending for the fiscal year 1975 to $300, and increasing business investment tax credit. This chapter discusses the Democratic Congress' reactions to Ford's proposals.
Keywords: Gerald Ford, inflation, EPB, CWPS, anti-price fixing, surtax, investment tax credit, Democratic Congress
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- Title Pages
- [UNTITLED]
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
-
Chapter 1 Hungering for Heroes -
Chapter 2 The Congenial Presidency -
Chapter 3 Gerald Ford and the Ninety-fourth Congress -
Chapter 4 Ford’s Vision for America -
Chapter 5 The Great Inflation of the 1970s -
Chapter 6 Taking Aim at Inflation -
Chapter 7 Teetering on a Knife’s Edge -
Chapter 8 Rallying the Nation to Fight Inflation -
Chapter 9 The Great Recession of the 1970s -
Chapter 10 Ford’s 1975 State of the Union Program -
Chapter 11 Economic Initiatives, 1975–76 -
Chapter 12 The Energy Crisis of the 1970s -
Chapter 13 A New Energy Program -
Chapter 14 The Energy Stalemate -
Chapter 15 Breaking the Energy Logjam -
Chapter 16 Gerald Ford’s Internationalism -
Chapter 17 Thunder from the Right -
Chapter 18 Back from the Brink - Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
