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Category : Agriculture and state
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
Agriculture Policy:farm Programs and National Welfare
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture and state
Languages : en
Pages : 453
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Agricultural Policy
Author: Rainer SchickeleAgricultural policy
Author: Rainer SchickeleAgricultural Policy
Author: John Davies WilliamsAgricultural policy: farm programs and national welfare, introd
Author: Rainer SchickelePublisher:
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Category : Agriculture and state
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The High Cost of Farm Welfare
Author: Clifton B. LuttrellPublisher: Cato Institute
ISBN: 1937184056
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
Few people have been helped by the massive farm subsidy programs that have developed over the past 5 years, charges agricultural economist Clifton B. Luttrell; the programs have been a colossal waste of money. In this book Luttrell traces the history of government intervention in the agricultural sector from the early price support schemes to the massive expansion of farm programs during the New Deal and the postwar period, then provides a comprehensive analysis of modern programs. He contends that such programs "tax the poor to enrich the wealthy." Luttrell concludes that dismantling the farm programs would provide major savings for American consumers and taxpayers, increase the economic viability of the nation's farming sector, and reduce the federal budget decicit by as much as $25 billion. His provocative arguments are sure to become required reading on U.S. farm policy.
Achieving a Balanced Agriculture
Author: United States. Department of Agriculture. Office of InformationPublisher:
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Category : Agricultural administration
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Farm Programs of Foreign Governments
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on AgriculturePublisher:
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Category : Agriculture and state
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Farm Programs
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryPublisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
The Rise of the Agricultural Welfare State
Author: Adam D. SheingatePublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400823935
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
A long-dominant reading of American politics holds that public policy in the United States is easily captured by special interest groups. Countering this view, Adam Sheingate traces the development of government intervention in agriculture from its nineteenth-century origins to contemporary struggles over farm subsidies. His considered conclusion is that American institutions have not given agricultural interest groups any particular advantages in the policy process, in part because opposing lobbies also enjoy access to policymakers. In fact, the high degree of conflict and pluralism maintained by American institutions made possible substantial retrenchment of the agricultural welfare state during the 1980s and 1990s. In Japan and France--two countries with markedly different institutional characters than the United States--powerful agricultural interests and a historically close relationship between farmers, bureaucrats, and politicians continue to preclude a roll-back of farm subsidies. This well-crafted study not only puts a new spin on agricultural policy, but also makes a strong case for the broader claim that the relatively decentralized American political system is actually less prone to capture and rule by subgovernments than the more centralized political systems found in France and Japan. Sheingate's historical, comparative approach also demonstrates, in a widely useful way, how past institutional developments shape current policies and options.