Government and the American Economy: A New HistoryUniversity of Chicago Press, 15. 9. 2008. - 560 страница 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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... American economy : a new history / Price Fishback . . . [ et al . ] . p . cm . Includes bibliographical references ... American National Standard for Infor- mation Sciences - Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials , ANSI Z39 ...
... 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 exploration of the role of government in the many ...
... 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- trated, for example, in Sylla's account of the evolution of the financial ...
... American success and of the development of the characteristics described above has been the relatively high quality of its government. The United States has largely avoided warfare on its own soil. Government at all levels has tended to ...
... American governments have shown the capacity to correct mistakes. Governing is a messy process of trial and error. Voters often disagree about the best policy, and compet- ing theories of government held by the experts often lead to ...
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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 |