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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... in the San Joaquin Valley, as point guard on our champion- ship intramural teams. He particularly liked our team name: the Poorly Defined Property Rights. Bob has truly made his mark in his research. Doug North recognized his potential ...
... freedom. The au- thors of this book all are independent thinkers in their own right. We share many of Bob's views about the importance of property rights, the rule of law, and the protection of individual freedoms to the health and ...
... property rights and effective enforcement are themes that recur throughout the book. But it is the pervasive role of ... in Sylla's account of the evolution of the financial system, Margo's story of Reconstruction and its aftermath along ...
... freedom of choice, or loading them down with paperwork done in compliance with arcane-seeming regulations. On the other ... rights and property. Unfortunately, history is replete with governments that enriched a small number of powerful ...
... Rights codified protection of many individual freedoms. Those that were ... property of all kinds. People and goods were allowed to move freely across ... property ownership and income gave the people a stake in protecting these freedoms ...
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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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