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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... changes in their wealth . His work with Robert McGuire further addressed the role played by uncertainty in determining the choice of crops planted in the South and in driving farm protest in the Midwest and the Plains states . He ...
... changes in the ideology of the elites and the general public that led to greater acceptance of gov- ernment activity . Doug North had argued for the importance of ideol- ogy in his 1982 book Structure and Change , and Bob was one of the ...
... changes 291 11.1 Mortality and fertility in the United States , 1800-2000 326 11.2 U.S. casualties of war 330 12.1 Federal civilian employees , executive branch , 1949–2002 365 12.2 Federal employment of civilians , 1816–1911 13.1 Major ...
... changes in debt , 1902-1995 563 A.6 Government employment by level and major function , 1929-2000 565 A.7 GDP in current and year 2000 dollars , GDP deflator , and per capita GDP estimates in current and year 2000 dollars , 1790-2004 ...
... changes) suggest the depth of its roots. Telling this story is a critical task of this book. But the story of government is the story of interest groups. It could not be otherwise, as James Madison made clear in his celebrated ...
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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 |