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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... World War II . In " War- time Prosperity ? A Reassessment of the U.S. Economy in the 1940s , ” published in the Journal of Economic History , he powerfully argued that World War II should be considered an extension of the Great De ...
... World Wars 431 robert higgs 15. The Growth of U.S. Farm 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 ...
... world wars, they highlight aspects of the story that need telling and thereby enrich the overall work. The result is a unique account of government and the American economy. PRICE FISHBACK 1 Government and the Economy MANY DISLIKE the ...
... world's highest standards of living in the early 1900s, but Argentina now ranks below the world average in per capita gross domestic prod- uct (GDP), at about one-ninth of the level of the leading countries.2 There are many reasons why ...
... world the government will continue to make mistakes. Part of the problem in identifying the mistakes is that people legiti- mately disagree about the appropriateness of various policies. Classical liberals deplore many decisions that ...
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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 |
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