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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... costs of making such direct payments are often quite large , and such ob- vious payments are rarely made . There are , however , more subtle ways for winners and losers to come to an agreement . Legislative acts are of- ten compromises ...
... costs, the firm would have to meet guidelines set by the Environmental Protection Agency, OSHA, and other state, local, and federal government agencies. Economists and social scientists who are interested in the topic have offered an ...
... costs has been dramatic. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the nat- ural protection of the oceans kept the costs of maintaining national se- curity relatively low. The primary defense costs were associated with the internal ...
... and consumers by helping solve several forms of market failure: high information and transaction costs, externalities, and monopoly. All of these factors contribute to the demand for greater GOVERNMENT AND THE ECONOMY 23.
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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 |