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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... social sciences. The beliefs of the ac- tors in our history form a crucial part of the account, whether they are the racist views of post-Reconstruction southerners, the confficting per- ceptions of the players in the Progressive Era ...
... social change. In a setting of diverse resources and people spread across a large country, the federal struc- ture established in the Constitution gave governments a high degree of latitude to experiment with different policies. State ...
... Social Security payments to the elderly are funded by payroll taxes paid by current workers and employers. The Social Security trust fund serves as an implicit guaran- tee that the federal government will collect enough taxes to fund ...
... social scientists who are interested in the topic have offered an array of explanations for the expansion of government. Pop- ulation growth, modernization, technological change, and industrial- ization have led to much greater ...
... social insurance available and to formalize and depersonalize the arrangements for aiding low-income people. The United States joined this trend relatively late. At the turn of the century, the federal govern- ment expanded eligibility ...
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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 |