Government and the American Economy: A New HistoryUniversity of Chicago Press, 2008年9月15日 - 560 頁 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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... dollars per capita and as a percentage of GDP by decade 1.2 Government debt by level of government , selected years 27 6.1 Banks , bank capital , and state investments in banks , 1837 174 6.2 Total state debt , debt per capita , and ...
... dollars , GDP deflator , and per capita GDP estimates in current and year 2000 dollars , 1790-2004 566 FIGURES 4.1 Federal land distribution under various land laws 100 4.2 The Great Plains 104 6.1 Federal expenditures per capita 150 ...
... dollar. Wartime borrowing inffuences both the tax structure and the economy in the years that follow major wars. Sacrifices made during wars extend well beyond government ex- penditures, the loss of lives, and the destruction of ...
... 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 not to reach the level predicted by applying the new tax rate to the ...
... dollar . It is easy to see that the steel interest groups would press hard for this tariff whereas members of the general public might find their per- sonal costs of organizing to stop the policy higher than their dollar loss . This ...
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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 |