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Johnson endorsed and expanded all three of these elements of the Kennedy
heritage, a decision that ultimately put severe strain on the US economy
and accelerat-ýd the United S•ites' decline in international monetary
affairs.
22. There are, of course, innumerable works on Johnson's economic policies
and the economic effect of the Vietnam War. Persons interested in
further reading might begin by looking, for genera. statistics about
the economy's year-by-year performance, at the annual Economic Report
by the Council on Economic Advisors (Washington, D.C.: USGPO). This
is an invaluable, though not entirely unbiased, source. Another
important government publication is: US Ccngress Joint Economic Committee,
Economic Effect of Vietnem Suending, Hearings, (Washington,
D.C.: USGPO, 1967). Other useful sources, including many of those
used in the preparation of this section, include:
Arthur M. Okun, The Political Economy of Prosperity (New York:
W. W. Norton, The Brookings Inst 4 tution, 1970).
Lyndon Baines Johnson, The Var.t, P-int (New York: Holt,
Rinehart, and Winston, 19717.
Heller, New Dimensions, supra note 11.
Heller, Perspectives, supra note 12.
Heller, The Economy, supra note 12.
Murray L. Wiedenbaum, cconomic Impact of the Vi-,tna' War 0Washington,
D.C.: The Center for Strategic Studies, Georgetown Uni, ity, 1967).
John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society (Boston:
Mifflin Co., 1976).
Houghton
John Kenneth Galbraith, Economics and the Public "urpose, supra
note 12.
Sundquist, supra note 3.
Hodgson, supra note 3.
Stevens, supra note 7.
uav-d Halberstam, The Best and t he Brightist (New York:
1972).
RanL,..m House,
US Congress, Joint Economic Committee, The Military Budget and National
Econ~mic Pricrities, Hearings (Washington, D.C.: USGPO. 1969).
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