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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... government's scope receded , but it never returned to the level predicted on the basis of the evolutionary trend . Thus , the government's scope kept ratcheting up over time . People interested in using government for their own ends ...
... government's role during the 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 ...
... government on their lives. Others embrace it. Yet it is hard for societies and economies to function without it. Few enjoy the government's taking a significant part of their income via taxation, limit- ing their freedom of choice, or ...
... Governments have adopted property rights regimes ranging from common property to communal rights to private property. The U.S. system is largely a system of private property in which ... government's solution to GOVERNMENT AND THE ECONOMY 5.
... government's solution to this problem has been a compromise: U.S. patent law imposes a time limit so that the invention is eventually available to everybody when the pat- ent expires.9 In general, private property rights systems work ...
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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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