Agriculture and the State: Market Processes and BureaucracyThis book analyzes the effects of farm policies and shows how they are responsible for the high and rising cost of food and the ruin of the small farmer. |
Contents
Economic Efficiency and Equity in U S Agriculture | 11 |
Summary | 19 |
Private versus | 22 |
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Agriculture and the State: Market Processes and Bureaucracy E. C. Pasour Jr No preview available - 1990 |
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1985 farm bill activities agency agri agricultural policy agricultural research amount asset benefits billion budget capital chapter choice co-ops commodities competition conservation consumers credit subsidies crop insurance decrease demand domestic economic effect erosion example expenditures export subsidy F. A. Hayek farm policies farm programs farmers federal feed grains FmHA food assistance food-stamp funded GATT government programs groups higher Ibid important incentive problems income redistribution increase individual inputs instituted John Baden labor land legislation loan rate market clearing market failure market price marketing orders milk Moreover nonfarm nonrecourse loan operation opportunity cost outlays output Pareto criterion Pasour payments peanuts percent perfect competition political process price support level price support programs production control Q/u.t. Figure reduce rent-seeking restrictions sector soil specialized resources stabilize subsidized credit supply theory tion tobacco tobacco program trade U.S. agriculture U.S. Department U.S. farm U.S. Government Printing United USDA wheat