TY - BOOK AU - Perlman,Mark TI - Patterns of regional economic decline and growth: the past and what has been happening lately SN - 0844735027 AV - HC106.5 .P456 1983 U1 - 330.973'092 PY - 1982/// CY - Washington PB - American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research KW - Economic conditions KW - Regional disparities KW - United States N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - This is one of several papers that have developed from the American Enterprise Institute. Although for the past half century emphasis has been placed on national level policies for economic growth in the United States, economic decentralism is not a new idea. Each state has both history and an evolving political and economic decision making capability for sustaining and expanding its wealth consuming and wealth producing capabilities. ER -