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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... trade-off between “guns and butter.” The military and the producers of military equipment consis- tently press for expanded production and new technologies to maintain readiness against external threats, while other segments of society ...
... trade-offs in terms of revenue. They collect more in revenue on each dollar of income, but the total in- come is likely to fall as some people reduce their economic activity. Thus the rise in total revenue from the higher tax rate tends ...
... trade was made between senators representing lumber- and oil - producing states.24 In the past few years members of Congress apparently have been mak- ing such exchanges with " earmarked ” expenditures that are added as amendments to ...
... Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, led to the government's taking over responsibil- ity for airport security under the Transportation Security Administra- tion and an expansion in the Justice Department's powers to ...
... Trade . Princeton , NJ : Princeton University Press . Irwin , Douglas , and Randall Kroszner . 1996. " Log - Rolling and Economic Interests in the Passage of the Smoot - Hawley Tariff . " Carnegie - Rochester Conference Series on Public ...
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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 |