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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... bank capital , and state investments in banks , 1837 174 6.2 Total state debt , debt per capita , and defaults , 1841 178 10.1 Major Progressive - Era policy changes 291 11.1 Mortality and fertility in the United States , 1800-2000 326 ...
... banks and in savings and loans and mortgage loans for housing. Since the 1930s, economic security has expanded to include federal disability payments and federally funded medical care for the aged and the poor. Despite controversy about ...
... Bank of the United States, and a variety of economic issues centered on the limitations of the national government's ... banks, ca- nals, and other transportation improvements. They experimented ac- tively with the corporation as a way ...
... banks, canals, and railroads. As a result, states began scaling back their development activities after 1842. New state constitutions and amendments to existing ones limited state borrowing, limited state assistance to private ...
... banks and railroads, and foodstuffs. The demarcations between federal, state, and local government were revolutionized during the New Deal. Many economic concerns, such as unemployment, had long been considered local problems. But the ...
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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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