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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... Constitution: “No state shall pass any ... law impairing the obligation of contracts.” This clause allows people to make binding commitments without government inter- ference. Such commitments are particularly important for making long ...
... Constitution gave the national government the right to collect taxes directly to alleviate fears about free riding by states . These fears arose because of problems in collecting contributions for national defense under the Articles of ...
... Constitution the founding fathers fully anticipated the role to be played by these interest groups ; it was eloquently outlined by James Madison in Federalist Paper no . 10.22 In the struggle between interest groups and the general ...
... Constitution. The Constitution gave more powers to the national government but reserved most to state governments. By 1997 the U.S. structure had evolved to encompass one national government, fifty state governments, several territorial ...
... Constitution through the Civil War there was constant tension regarding the roles played by the national and state governments. In Congress and on the campaign trail the issue of states' rights was a constant theme, as the debates about ...
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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 |