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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... effect " in the scope of govern- ment authority associated with the major crises of the twentieth cen- tury , the world wars and the Great Depression . Each crisis engendered an expansion in government authority that went far beyond the ...
... effect on the economy was compounded by the dissipation of re- sources by excessive expenditures on military and self-protection costs by elites whose position required the continued use of force. At the other extreme, a few states ...
... effect. Police departments are important because they help protect property from theft and people from harm. Adam Smith argued that economies “will seldom ffourish” in states that do not en- joy a “regular administration of justice” or ...
... effects, and rent seekers learned new and better ways to demand more from government. The passage of the income tax amendment in 1913 removed a key constraint on revenue that held spending in check. All these factors contribute to the ...
... effect, possibly be- cause electoral majorities use the political process to redistribute income away from minorities in ways that retard growth. The higher the ratio of government spending on factors other than national defense 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 |