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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... benefits. The combination of reduced value and increased costs of ownership would lower the price you are willing to pay for the car. Lower prices ultimately would lead to the production of fewer cars. Now consider a case where you have ...
... benefits could not be agreed on. The freedom to contract was strongly reaffirmed in Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819) when the U.S. Supreme Court prevented the New Hampshire legislature from turning Dartmouth College, which was ...
... benefits for) other people. Moreover, critics of market economies argue that large firms tend to develop in some industries and monopolize activity. Government has the capacity to help resolve these issues. Where in- formation costs are ...
... benefit. For example, the revenues from some gasoline taxes are used to pay for highway maintenance; some parks charge user fees. Unemployment benefits for workers come from payroll taxes paid by employers, and the system is, at least ...
... benefit renters who have rights to remain in their apartments at the expense of landlords and other would-be renters who no longer can find apartments or face additional nonmonetary costs of searching for apartments. The Political ...
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2 Government in Colonial America | 37 |
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 |
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Government and the American Economy: A New History Price V. Fishback Sin vista previa disponible - 2007 |