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Agricultural policy for the 21st century / edited by Luther Tweeten and Stanley R. Thompson ; foreword by D. Gale Johnson.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture and state--United States.
- Agriculture and state.
- Agriculture--Economic aspects--United States.
- Agriculture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (326 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Agricultural policy for the twenty-first century
- Place of Publication:
- Ames : Iowa State Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Agricultural policy reform has become a very hot topic. Over the next couple of years we will see the funding for these programs being hotly debated. The thesis of this book is that a better-informed public is essential to bring rationality to farm policy. This book provides telling evidence that markets work, that competent commercial farmers will earn returns on their resources as high as those earned elsewhere in the absence of income transfer to farmers.
- Contents:
- Agricultural Policy for the 21st Century; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1. Farm Commodity Programs: Essential Safety Net or Corporate Welfare?; 2. Agricultural Policy: Pre- and Post-FAIR Act Comparisons; 3. The Content of Farm Policy in the Twenty-first Century; 4. An Empirical Analysis of the Farm Problem: Comparability in Rates of Return; 5. Income Variability of U.S. Crop Farms and Public Policy; 6. Crop Insurance: Inherent Problems and Innovative Solutions; 7. Impact of Agribusiness Market Power on Farmers; 8. Do Farmers Receive Huge Rents for Small Lobbying Efforts?
- 9. Coalitions and Competitiveness: Why Has the Sugar Program Been Resilient?10. Farmland is Not Just for Farming Any More: The Policy Trends; 11. Kuznets Curves For Environmental Degradation and Resource Depletion; 12. Food Security, Trade, and Agricultural Commodity Policy; 13. Competing Paradigms in the OECD and Their Impact on the WTO Agricultural Talks; 14. The Changing Economics of Agriculture and the Environment; 15. Rational Policy Processes for a Pluralistic World; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611450526
- 9781281450524
- 1281450529
- 9780470390375
- 0470390379
- 9780470390344
- 0470390344
- OCLC:
- 232612138
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