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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... economic history of one of those governments, that of the United States of America. The nation has been an economic success from the beginning. In the late 1700s, American colonists had per capita incomes that were among the highest in ...
... U.S. system is largely a system of private property in which people have the exclusive right to use the property, the exclu- sive right to derive income from use, and the ... U.S. government's solution to GOVERNMENT AND THE ECONOMY 5.
A New History Price V. Fishback. slowed by the patent monopoly. The U.S. ... American governments the right of eminent domain, which allows governments ... economic development that would lead to new jobs and higher tax revenues.11 ...
... American history is that the nation values private property rights highly, yet settlers and governments were quick to show disrespect for the communal rights systems that Native Americans had established prior to the settlers' arrival ...
... economy, and every economist will tell you that incentives matter. In ... economy. Taxation leads to distortions in the operation of a market economy. Until ... U.S. government has ex- panded its role, however, there has been increasing ...
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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 |