Government and the American Economy: A New HistoryUniversity of Chicago Press, 15. sep. 2008 - 560 sider 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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... Era , 1774-1791 56 ROBERT A. MCGUIRE 4. Property Rights and Federal Land Policy 89 GARY D. LIBECAP 5. Reversing Financial Reversals : Government and the Financial System ... Progressive Era 288 price fishback 11. Government and XI CONTENTS.
A New History Price V. Fishback. 10. The Progressive Era 288 price fishback 11. Government and the People: Labor, Education, and Health 323 sumner j. la croix 12. The Federal Bureaucracy: From Patronage to Civil Service 364 gary d ...
... 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 ...
... Progressive Era, or the beliefs evident in Higgs's account of the warfare state. Understanding the beliefs of the players is essential to good economic history. But we must also under- stand that the beliefs of the authors of this book ...
... Progressive Era. Thus, regulation was a compromise with which those to be regulated could live. This does not imply that the general population has been hoodwinked by the rise of regulation. Instead, the political realities have meant ...
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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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