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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... College v. Woodward (1819) when the U.S. Supreme Court prevented the New Hampshire legislature from turning Dartmouth College, which was privately run, into a state university. Chief Justice John Marshall emphasized that the college's ...
A New History Price V. Fishback. John Marshall emphasized that the college's corporate character was a contract that could not be violated by the state government. There are, however, limits on the freedom to contract. In a number of ...
... College v. Woodward, 17 U.S. 518 (1819); Munn v. Illinois, 94 U.S. 113 (1877). For a broad overview of the development of the legal system see Hughes 1977 and Hughes and Cain 2003. 14. The quotations are from Smith (1937, 862). 15 ...
... University Press Buchanan , James , Robert Tollison , and Gordon Tullock . 1980. Toward a Theory of the Rent Seeking Society . College Station : Texas A & M University Press . Buchanan , James , and Gordon Tullock . 1962. Calculus and ...
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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 |