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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... wages of immigrants , blacks , and native white workers , the importance of health to the productivity of American workers ... wage differentials for blacks and whites and about the relative changes in their wealth . His work with Robert ...
... wage rates 353 12.1 Proportion of merit to total federal civilian employees , 1884-1940 375 13.1 Federal budget deficit , government expenditures , and difference between GNP and 1929 GNP , all in 1958 dollars 391 15.1 Direct government ...
... wages. If something bad happened, the worker would have the ultimate option of taking the firm to court. In some states there were guidelines for reporting some basic information about the firm and its workers. Today such a firm is ...
... wage. Because people might rely too much on such pay- ments, societal norms often attached shame to dependence on govern- ment handouts. Land and opportunity were so abundant that people found it easy to blame the recipients of poor ...
... wages (Goldin and Lewis 1975). 6. For discussions of the economic role of government, see North 1981, 1991. 7. For longer discussions of this issue, see Libecap 1989; Hughes 1977, chap. 2; Eggertsson 1990; and chapter 4 of this book. 8 ...
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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 |