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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... nomic Science in 1993. E. C. Pasour Jr. is a research fellow at the Independent Institute and professor emeritus of agricultural and resource economics at North Carolina State University. Randal R. Rucker is professor in the Department ...
... nomic activity of most of their people and failed to release the creativity and innovation of the human spirit in economic endeavors. Poor govern- ments have been so common that at least one group of scholars recently referred to bad ...
... nomic freedom created by the Heritage Foundation suggest that the United States is among the world leaders today in protecting fundamen- tal economic freedoms. Countries with similar indices also often rank very highly on measures of ...
... nomic freedom are personal choice, voluntary exchange, freedom to compete, and protection of person and property. Institutions and policies are consistent with economic freedom when they provide an infrastructure for voluntary ex ...
... nomic theories about the growth of the U.S. government in the twentieth century. 31. Ziliak (1996, 2002) describes the shifts between private and public aid for the poor and the 40 percent figure for aid as a share of the average wage ...
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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 |