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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... military expenditures 153 6.6 Federal and state per capita revenues 154 6.7 Tariff rates as a share of dutiable value 171 6.8 Debt authorized by year 177 11.1 Immigration and immigration rate 334 11.2 Statutory and inflation - adjusted ...
... military and self-protection costs by elites whose position required the continued use of force. At the other extreme, a few states developed institutions that limited governmental power by means of a set of internal checks and enabled ...
... military has been the central aspect of the story of government in U.S. history. Wars have led to dramatic increases in expenditures, issuance of debt, and depreciation of the dollar. Wartime borrowing inffuences both the tax structure ...
... military technologies at home and abroad has meant that the natural defense offered by oceans has become less effective. Advances in military technology have become more and more expensive. Increased globalization means that Ameri- can ...
... military crisis, the federal government experimented with a wide variety of controls of economic activity and off-budget government corporations to execute the war. Fears that these moves would severely hinder the economy were rampant ...
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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 |