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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... result is not simply a story of attempts to monopolize mar- kets but, rather, a far richer story of diverse ... results are inevitably less rigorous than the results obtained in the physical sci- ences—because we cannot evade completely ...
... result is a plus rather than a minus. Whether sympathetic to the way development occurred, as Sylla is in his account of Hamilton's role, or of a libertarian persua- sion, as Higgs is in his story of government's role during the world ...
... result was significant economic mobility, so that newcomers to the economy had a stake in the continuation of these protections. Indices of eco- nomic freedom created by the Heritage Foundation suggest that the United States is among ...
... result , discussions of whether the policies are in the public inter- est depend on whether the winners will gain more than the losers give up . One way to resolve the dissatisfaction of the losers is for the winners to make direct ...
... result of the civil service changes has been to put more inertia into the system. Despite this inertia, it is equally clear that individuals matter in the history of government and the economy in America. The list is long, so a few ...
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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 |