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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... early in their history, although slav- ery's ultimate demise across the country required a terrible civil war. Given the worldwide shift away from slavery, U.S. governments were ffexible enough to have brokered a peaceful solution ...
... early twentieth-century heyday of the political bosses. In the late 1800s, after the public learned about corruption in New York City and other cities, reformers believed that the solution was to populate the government with “better ...
... early expansion of govern- ment led to feedback effects, and rent seekers learned new and better ways to demand more from government. The passage of the income tax amendment in 1913 removed a key constraint on revenue that held spending ...
... 36 The heyday of state internal improvements ended in the early 1840s, when eight states and the Territory of Florida defaulted on debts they Table 1.2 GOVERNMENT DEBT BY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT , SELECTED 26 PRICE FISHBACK.
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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 |