Regulation and the Revolution in United States Farm Productivity

Zusammenfassung Since the 1930s! US agriculture has undergone a revolution in productivity. Sally Clarke explains how government activity! by stabilizing prices! introducing new sources of credit! and prompting tool manufacturers to revise their business strategies! created a climate favorable to rapid gains in productivity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Regulation and Productivity: 1. Introduction; 2. Agriculture and the organization of knowledge in the early twentieth century; 3. Accounting for the slow rate of productivity growth; Part II. 'Power Farming' in the Corn Belt, 1920-40: 4. The tractor factor; 5. Depressed markets and market regulation; 6. 'If you'll need a tractor in 1936 you ought to order it now'; Part III. A Legacy for New Deal Regulation: 7. Regulation, competition, and the revolution in farm productivity; 8. Conclusion; Epilogue: The credit crisis of the 1980s; Appendix A. The tractor's threshold, 1929; Appendix B. The tractor's threshold, 1939; Appendix C. Sources of preharvest and harvest labor productivity, 1929-39.

Product details

• Authors: Sally H. Clarke, Sally H. (University of Texas Clarke, Clarke Sally H.
• Assisted by: Louis Galambos (Editor), Robert Gallmam (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.07.2002
• EAN: 9780521528450
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52845-0
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Studies in Economic History an; Studies in Economic History and Policy: USA in the Twentieth Century
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, 20th Century, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Food Industry, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries, Agriculture & Related Industries