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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... groups in shaping the specific features of the polity and the economy; and (3) the role of beliefs in shaping the overall process—those of the participants and those of the authors of this book. From earliest colonial times the American ...
... groups been tamed to permit the perpetuation of the open-access economy? And how have they, at the same time, shaped the individual parts of the economy? The creation of an ongoing federalist structure and the development of well ...
... groups, at the ex- pense of limiting individual economic freedom and limiting property rights. Modern liberals argue that the policies fall well short of their desired aim of protecting people against the uncertainties of an imper ...
... groups within the society restrict resource use, while the soci- ety as a whole protects the resource from outside invaders.12 Systems of communal rights work best when the society has a rela- tively small population, all of whose ...
... group cause damage to (or create benefits for) other people. Moreover, critics of market economies argue that large firms tend to develop in some industries and monopolize activity. Government has the capacity to help resolve these ...
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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 |