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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... percent of GNP in 1840 to around 7 percent in 1900, 18 percent in 1940, and 38 percent in 1992. As shown in table 1.1, the revenues collected by each level of government when compared with GNP have risen sharply since 1900.28 Equally ...
... percent of GDP in peacetime before 1940 to between 4 and 8 percent of GDP in peacetime since 1950. Possibly more important to the expansion of government has been the increasing demand for security against adverse economic events. From ...
... percent of the optimal amount of the public good. This is a partial triumph for the socialization process or our natural instinct for cooperation. In later rounds, however, the participants tended to reduce their cooperation, and less ...
... percent of adult males could vote in early eighteenth- century Britain, it is estimated that in the colonies 50 to 80 percent of white males were qualified to vote. The distribution of land ownership and wealthholdings was broader in ...
... percent of to- tal population in 1680 to 41 percent in 1770. Slaves were of particular importance mainly in export production of rice and tobacco on units larger than the family farm . The natural rate of population growth in the region ...
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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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