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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... payments , 1933-2002 473 15.2 Deficiency payments , 1987-1995 , and production flexibility contract payments under FAIR , 1996-2002 475 15.3 Direct government payments to agricultural producers and farm owners , 1982–2001 476 ABOUT THE ...
... payment of taxes contributes to covering the costs of defending the individual's rights to property. It is important, however, that the checks and balances in government prevent tax rates from rising to levels at which they damage ...
... payments. In some situations governments seek to tie the taxation to use so that those paying taxes are funding programs from which they benefit. For example, the revenues from some gasoline taxes are used to pay for highway maintenance ...
... payments are often quite large , and such ob- vious payments are rarely made . There are , however , more subtle ways for winners and losers to come to an agreement . Legislative acts are of- ten compromises between the original bills ...
... payments to them. Charitable societies and churches pro- vided additional help. The proportions of aid from public and private sources waxed and waned throughout the nineteenth century, but the temporary payments to the poor typically ...
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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 |