Government and the American Economy A New History

Name: Government and the American Economy A New History
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ISBN: 9780226251288

ISBN-10: 0226251284

ISBN-13: 9780226251288

Edition: 2007

Authors: Price V. Fishback, Douglass C. North, Douglass C. North

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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. America’s democratic experiment, the authors show, allowed individuals and interest groups to shape the structure and policies of government, which, in turn, have fostered economic success and innovation by emphasizing private property rights, the rule of law, and…

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List price: $46.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/15/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 560
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.89" long x 0.12" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English



Dedication


Price Fishback


List of Tables and Figures


About the Authors


Foreword




Government and the Economy




Goverment in Colonial America




The Founding Era, 1774-1791




Property Rights and Federal Land Policy




Reversing Financial Reversals: Government and the Financial System since 1789




The National Era




The Civil War and Reconstruction




Government and the American Dilemma




The Gilded Age




The Progressive Era




Government and the People: Labor, Education, and Health




The Federal Bureaucracy: From Patronage to Civil Service




The New Deal




The World Wars




The Growth of U.S. Farm Programs




Shaping Welfare Policy: The Role of the South




Seeking Security in the Postwar Era




Key Indicators of Economic and Government Activity




The Articles of the Confederation



The Constitution of the United States



The Bill of Rights


Index