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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... increased their use of crisis language , so that smaller and smaller crises now engender government responses . Government occasionally recedes in some areas , but Bob's work predicted the expansion in government authority and agencies ...
... increased their regulatory activity.13 If the system of property rights and contracts is to work well, the rule of law must be in effect. Police departments are important because they help protect property from theft and people from ...
... increased steel tariffs in 2002. To some extent the U.S. system is saved from special- interest legislation run amok by countervailing special - interest groups . In many cases the benefits sought by one such group lead to harm to ...
... increased over time as the federal government has become more involved in wel- fare and educational policies. The expansion of government in American history has taken place at all levels, particularly in the past century, when such ...
... increased economic productivity and geographic expansion in the colonies . There was not , of course , a narrow focus on pure profit maximization , as seen in choices regarding leisure , family and children , and religion , but ...
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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 |