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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... farm protest movements , the economic nature of share tenancy , the role played by discrimination and human capital in deter- mining the wages of immigrants , blacks , and native white workers , the importance of health to the ...
... Farm Programs 456 randal r. rucker and e. c. pasour jr. 16. Shaping Welfare Policy: The Role of the South 490 lee j. alston and joseph p. ferrie 17. Seeking Security in the Postwar Era 507 price fishback Appendix A. Key Indicators of ...
... contract payments under FAIR , 1996-2002 475 15.3 Direct government payments to agricultural producers and farm owners , 1982–2001 476 ABOUT THE AUTHORS Lee J. Alston is professor of economics xiv LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES.
... farm programs, they remain in place, and even programs that seem to have been eliminated are rejuvenated in new forms. Governments still occasionally bail out companies considered too big to fail.32 In the past century, the process of ...
... farm programs and examine their impact on the farm sector and the rest of the economy in chapter 15. Lee J. Alston and Joseph P. Ferrie, the authors of chapter 16, describe the development of federal welfare policy and show how various ...
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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 |