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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... role of urban areas in stimulating inventive activity , the role of uncertainty as opposed to ex- ploitation in the farm protest movements , the economic nature of share tenancy , the role played by discrimination and human capital in ...
... role of government should ex- tend. A number of us are less skeptical than Bob is about certain roles played by the government. Yet we each can say that sharing our profes- sion with Robert Higgs has contributed greatly to our careers ...
... Role of the South 490 lee j. alston and joseph p. ferrie 17. Seeking Security in the Postwar Era 507 price fishback Appendix A. Key Indicators of Economic and Government Activity 557 john joseph wallis and price fishback Appendix B. The ...
... role of gov- ernment in the history of the American economy. Although the inspira- tion was Robert Higgs's pioneering exploration of this subject, the pres- ent work provides both a longitudinal view of the topic and an in-depth ...
... role of interest groups that provides a rich context for the study of American economic history. The result is not simply a story of attempts to monopolize mar- kets but, rather, a far richer story of diverse consequences, as illus ...
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 |