Agricultural Policy for the 21st Century

Informationen zum Autor Luther G. Tweeten is Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Marketing, Policy, and Trade, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, The Ohio State University, Columbus. An internationally acclaimed agricultural policy economist, Tweeten is the author/co-author of eight books and over 500 journal articles and published papers. Stanley R. Thompson is the editor of Agricultural Policy for the 21st Century , published by Wiley. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Topics covered in this book range from farm policy! resource economics! international trade and welfare economics to food security. The insights and indepth analysis offered by the authors are intended for all students of farm policy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword. Preface. Farm Commodity Programs: Essential Safety Net or Corporate Welfare?. Ag Policy: Pre-and Post-FAIR Act Comparisons. The Content of Farm Policy in the 21st Century. An Empirical Analysis of the Farm Problem. Income Variability of the U.S. Farm Sector and Public Policy. Crop Insurance. Coalitions and Competitiveness: Why Has the Sugar Program Been Resilient?. Rational Policy Processes for a Pluralistic World. The Changing Economics of Ag and the Environment. Farmland is Not Just for Farming Anymore: The Policy Trends. Kuznets Curves For Environmental Degradation and Resource Depletion. Competing Paradigms in the OECD and their Impact on the WTO. Food Security: Trade and Agricultural Commodity Policy. Index ...

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• Authors: Stanley R Thompson, Stanley R. Thompson, L Tweeten, Luther Tweeten, Luther G. Thompson Tweeten, Luther Thompson Tweeten
• Assisted by: Stanley R Thompson (Editor), Stanley R. Thompson (Editor), Thompson Stanley R. (Editor), Luther G Tweeten (Editor), Luther G. Tweeten (Editor), Tweeten Luther G. (Editor), Johnson D. Gale (Foreword)
• Publisher: IOWA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2002
• EAN: 9780813808994
• ISBN: 978-0-8138-0899-4
• No. of pages: 324
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Food Industry, Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries, Agriculture & Related Industries