Government and the American Economy: A New HistoryUniversity of Chicago Press, 2008 M09 15 - 560 páginas The American economy has provided a level of well-being that has consistently ranked at or near the top of the international ladder. A key source of this success has been widespread participation in political and economic processes. In The Government and the American Economy, leading economic historians chronicle the significance of America’s open-access society and the roles played by government in its unrivaled success story. |
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... Financial Reversals : Government and the Financial System since 1789 115 RICHARD SYLLA 6. The National Era 148 JOHN JOSEPH WALLIS 7. The Civil War and Reconstruction 188 JEFFREY ROGERS HUMMEL 8. Government and the American Dilemma 232 ...
... financial system, Margo's story of Reconstruction and its aftermath along with the consequences for the growth and repression of African Americans, Guglielmo and Troesken's story of control and competition in the oil market, and ...
... financial system that was the envy of the devel- oped world in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Gary D. Libecap describes the long-term development of our system of private property rights and the policies adopted by the federal ...
... financial intermediary in promoting investments in canals , rail- roads , and banks . 37. Goodrich ( 1960 ) describes the states ' roles in developing transportation networks in the nineteenth century . References Acemoglu , Daron ...
... financial issues. Those not able to vote could be the beneficiaries of government policy nonetheless and also were able to bring pressure on the governments to offset losses in the economic and political spheres.1 Early European ...
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3 The Founding Era 1774 1791 | 56 |
4 Property Rights and Federal Land Policy | 89 |
Government and the Financial System since 1789 | 115 |
6 The National Era | 148 |
7 The Civil War and Reconstruction | 188 |
8 Government and the American Dilemma | 232 |
13 The New Deal | 384 |
14 The World Wars | 431 |
15 The Growth of US Farm Programs | 456 |
The Role of the South | 490 |
17 Seeking Security in the Postwar Era | 507 |
APPENDIX A Key Indicators of Economic and Government Activity | 557 |
APPENDIX B The Articles of Confederation | 571 |
APPENDIX C The Constitution of the United States | 581 |
9 The Gilded Age | 255 |
10 The Progressive Era | 288 |
Labor Education and Health | 323 |
From Patronage to Civil Service | 364 |
APPENDIX D The Bill of Rights | 593 |
INDEX | 595 |
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Government and the American Economy: A New History Price V. Fishback Sin vista previa disponible - 2007 |