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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... nineteenth century and why George W. Bush 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 ...
... nineteenth century the primary form of control was patronage. Newly elected officials were free to choose the people who would ad- minister the agencies. With each change in party control, a new group of people came into office. When ...
... nineteenth century the government has widened its scope by setting regulatory limits and expanding the range of admin- istrative bodies, adding work for the courts that prescribe and enforce these limits. A comparison of the situation ...
... nineteenth centuries the nat- ural protection of the oceans kept the costs of maintaining national se- curity ... century, but the temporary payments to the poor typically made up about 40 percent of the average wage. Because people ...
... nineteenth century there was a trend among the developed countries toward expanding the degree of economic security and social insurance available and to formalize and depersonalize the arrangements for aiding low-income people. The ...
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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 |