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Agricultural Policy for the 21st Century.
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 ma...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
John Wiley & Sons,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- 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 P.