Economic Recovery
ResearchPublished 1965
ResearchPublished 1965
A discussion of the possibilities of economic survival and recovery following a nuclear war. The author discusses available resources measured against the needs of the postattack society, and the successful use of them to meet those needs. He concludes that, though a postattack period of privation is to be expected, the historical record does not justify pessimism on the issue of ultimate recovery. (See also RM-3079-PR, RM-3436-PR.)
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