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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... Labor, Education, and Health 323 sumner j. la croix 12. The Federal Bureaucracy: From Patronage to Civil Service 364 gary d. libecap 13. The New Deal 384 price fishback 14. The World Wars 431 robert higgs 15. The Growth of U.S. Farm ...
... Labor Standards Act, the Na- tional Labor Relations Board, the Internal Revenue Service, workers' compensation and unemployment insurance administrators, the Immi- gration and Naturalization Service, the Occupational Safety and Health ...
... labor markets and some product markets. In addition, they had become more intimately involved in public assistance, education, and some forms of social insurance. Although many forms of regulation GOVERNMENT AND THE ECONOMY 27.
... labor to produce tobacco, they trans- formed these islands into major sugar-producing areas, using mainly slave labor brought from Africa. Sugar was produced for export to European markets on large plantations, often using one hundred ...
... Labor to the Colonies All colonies had to solve the same set of problems: attracting labor and capital in order to survive economically. Although these factors of production were in short supply, a third factor, land, was quite abundant ...
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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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