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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... including the subsidies paid to farmers since 1933 and bailouts of large companies such as Chrysler, which was bailed out in 1980. The redistributive power of government also takes more subtle forms. 12 PRICE FISHBACK.
... farmers to obtain a ffoor price for many crops. A number of businesses were propped up in hopes of preventing bankruptcy. The federal gov- ernment began to insure deposits in banks and in savings and loans and mortgage loans for housing ...
... farms needed for individual or family production of most food crops. Over time, however, the aver- age size of farms and of landholdings was reduced as a result of the reali- ties of production methods and political inffuence. Average ...
... farms growing mostly grains, often owner-operated; the region's rela- tively limited exports went mainly to the British West Indies. The Middle Atlantic region had somewhat more slaves and inden- tured laborers than did New England, but ...
... farmers , between tidewater and frontier populations - occurred at periodic intervals but did not lead to dra- matic overhauls of the political system , although these pressures led to measures that indicated the flexibility of 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 |