Government and the American Economy: A New HistoryUniversity of Chicago Press, 15 սեպ, 2008 թ. - 560 էջ 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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... major mistakes but never criticized them per- sonally in class . Instead , he allowed them to figure out the errors of their ways . In one case I proudly presented a paper by a famous economic historian and thought I had ripped it to ...
... major strands of research in economic history that developed over the next several decades : the role of urban areas in stimulating inventive activity , the role of uncertainty as opposed to ex- ploitation in the farm protest movements ...
... major crises of the twentieth cen- tury , the world wars and the Great Depression . Each crisis engendered an expansion in government authority that went far beyond the statistics about employment and spending and ranged into expansions ...
... Major Progressive - Era policy changes 291 11.1 Mortality and fertility in the United States , 1800-2000 326 11.2 U.S. casualties of war 330 12.1 Federal civilian employees , executive branch , 1949–2002 365 12.2 Federal employment of ...
... major function , 1929-2000 565 A.7 GDP in current and year 2000 dollars , GDP deflator , and per capita GDP estimates in current and year 2000 dollars , 1790-2004 566 FIGURES 4.1 Federal land distribution under various land laws 100 4.2 ...
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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 |