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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... economic history and the mixed economy that his students were enthralled by what many thought would be a dry subject . Bob managed this without pyrotechnics and in a relatively quiet manner . But we could see his passion for the subject ...
... economics, politics, history, and the broader social sciences. Monthly lunches with Bob, Douglass North, and Morris David Morris, in which great books in economic history were discussed, were lively affairs; each held a different point ...
A New History Price V. Fishback. from the focus of most of the literature at the time . Each chapter was a gem that foreshadowed major strands of research in economic history that developed over the next several decades : the role of ...
A New History Price V. Fishback. trend , but in " 16 Myths about the Growth of Government ” he shows quite clearly ... economic welfare of people during and immediately after World War II . In " War- time Prosperity ? A Reassessment of the ...
... story of the creation and maintenance of an open-access society throughout American history; (2) the critical role of interest groups in shaping the specific features of the polity and the economy; and (3) the role of beliefs in shaping ...
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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 |