Government and the American Economy: A New HistoryUniversity of Chicago Press, 15.09.2008 - 560 Seiten 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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... first to take these thoughts to heart as he carefully developed a framework and definition of ideology that he could use effectively in making his arguments about the growth of government . In 1992 Bob developed a strain of research ...
... first and foremost, good scholars. But they are, and the result is a plus rather than a minus. Whether sympathetic to the way development occurred, as Sylla is in his account of Hamilton's role, or of a libertarian persua- sion, as ...
... first states and then the federal government increased their regulatory activity.13 If the system of property rights and contracts is to work well, the rule of law must be in effect. Police departments are important because they help ...
... Interstate Commerce Commission , the first federal regulatory body , was captured by the railroads and later the trucking industry.25 Instituting a new government policy is often much less difficult GOVERNMENT AND THE ECONOMY 15.
... first moved onto the offshore African islands, including the Azores, Madeira, the Cape Verde Islands, Fernando Po, Principe, and São Tomé, and Spain settled the Canary Islands, before both crossed the Atlantic to settle in the Americas ...
Inhalt
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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 |