Government and the American Economy
A New History
Robert Higgs, Gary D. Libecap, John Joseph Wallis, Stanley L. Engerman, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, Sumner J. La Croix, Robert A. Margo, Robert A. McGuire, Richard Sylla, Lee J. Alston, Joseph P. Ferrie, Mark Guglielmo, E. C. Pasour, Jr., Randal R. Rucker, and Werner Troesken With a Preface by Douglass C. North
560 pages, 9 line drawings, 32 tables 6 x 9
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2007
Cloth $85.00
ISBN: 9780226251271
Published May 2007
Paper $35.00
ISBN: 9780226251288
Published May 2007
Dedication v
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List of Tables and Figures xiii
About the Authors xv
Foreword xvii
Douglass C. North
1. Government and the Economy
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2. Goverment in Colonial America
Stanley L. Engerman
3. The Founding Era, 1774-1791
Robert A. McGuire
4. Property Rights and Federal Land Policy
Gary D. Libecap
5. Reversing Financial Reversals: Government and the Financial System since 1789
Richard Sylla
6. The National Era
John Joseph Wallis
7. The Civil War and Reconstruction
Jeffrey Rogers Hummel
8. Government and the American Dilemma
Robert A. Margo
9. The Gilded Age
Mark Guglielmo and Werner Troesken
10. The Progressive Era
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11. Government and the People: Labor, Education, and Health
Sumner J. La Croix
12. The Federal Bureaucracy: From Patronage to Civil Service
Gary D. Libecap
13. The New Deal
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14. The World Wars
Robert Higgs
15. The Growth of U.S. Farm Programs
Randal R. Rucker and E. C. Pasour Jr.
16. Shaping Welfare Policy: The Role of the South
Lee J. Alston and Joseph P. Ferrie
17. Seeking Security in the Postwar Era
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Appendix A. Key Indicators of Economic and Government Activity
John Joseph Wallis and Price Fishback
Appendix B. The Articles of the Confederation
Appendix C. The Constitution of the United States
Appendix D. The Bill of Rights
Index
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