Agriculture and the State - Market Processes and Bureaucracy

This 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.

About the author

E. C. Pasour, Jr., is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute and Professor Emeritus of Agricultural and Resource Economics at North Carolina State University. He is the author of Agriculture and the State: Market Processes and Bureaucracy and has contributed to numerous books including Agriculture and Energy (W. Lockeretz, ed.), and Economy, Society and Public Policy (C. Pope and L. Wimmer, eds.).

Summary

Offers an irreverent, insightful view of farm programs in the United States, clearly separating political rhetoric from economic reality. Analysing the effects of price supports, marketing orders, credit and export subsidies, and other farm programs, professor Pasour shows how they especially hurt the small farmer and victimize the general public.

Product details

• Authors: E. C. Pasour Jr., E. C. Pasour, E C Pasour Jr, E. C. Pasour Jr
• Publisher: Independent Institute
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.1993
• EAN: 9780945999294
• ISBN: 978-0-945999-29-4
• No. of pages: 258
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 228 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 395 g
• Series: Independent Studies in Politic; Independent Studies in Politic
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics