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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... Programs 456 randal r. rucker and e. c. pasour jr. 16. Shaping Welfare Policy: The Role of the South 490 lee j. alston and joseph p. ferrie 17. Seeking Security in the Postwar Era 507 price fishback Appendix A. Key Indicators of ...
... programs from which they benefit. For example, the revenues from some gasoline taxes are used to pay for highway maintenance; some parks charge user fees. Unemployment benefits for workers come from payroll taxes paid by employers, and ...
... programs was created to provide un- employment insurance and to provide public assistance to dependent children, the blind, and the aged. Meanwhile, new programs allowed farmers to obtain a ffoor price for many crops. A number of ...
... programs found many ways to resolve the information and allocation problems that arose. The new system worked less well than did regu- lar markets at reffecting the true opportunity costs of many decisions, but it worked well enough to ...
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2 Government in Colonial America | 37 |
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 |