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Agricultural Policy in the United States: Evolution and Economics

Object category:
Elektronische Ressource
Person/Institution:
Novak, James L.
Sanders, Larry D.
Hagerman, Amy D.
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Group
Place of publication:
Milton
Date:
2022
Extent, illustration, format:
1 online resource (229 pages)
Language:
Englisch
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- 1 Introduction: What Is Agricultural Policy and Why Does It Exist? -- What Is Agricultural Policy? -- Why Does Agricultural Policy Exist? -- Market Failure -- Arguments Presented for U.S. Agricultural Policy -- Arguments Presented Against Having a U.S. Agricultural Policy -- Five Perspectives On Government Intervention in Agricultural Markets -- Agricultural Policy Evolution -- Agriculture Subsidies and Economic Efficiency -- Black Swan Events Used to Justify Agricultural Policy -- Societal Ideals and Policy -- Is Agricultural Policy Good Or Bad for Society? -- Measuring Policy Impacts -- Farm Bills -- Summary -- Notes -- Questions and Exercises -- 2 Economic Concepts Applied to Agricultural and Food Policy -- Basic Economic Concepts Revisited -- Economics Use in Assessing Agricultural Policy -- Demand and Policy -- Elasticity of Demand -- Farm and Industry Supplies and Government Subsidies -- Theory Versus Policy -- Policies Affecting Supply and Demand -- Subsidies -- Surpluses, "Carry-Over" -- Subsidized Production Costs -- Supply and Demand Are Interrelated -- Price Controls -- Production Controls -- Set-Asides Versus Acreage Allotments -- Marketing Quotas -- Marketing Orders -- Commodity Credit Corporation Loans -- Conservation of the Environment -- Valuing Conservation Benefits -- Acreage Conservation Reserve -- Easements -- Rationing -- Income Transfers -- Food and Nutrition Programs -- Putting It Together, a Beef Subsidy Example -- Winning the Passage of Agricultural Policies -- Assessing Policy Impacts -- Measures of Social Welfare, Gains, and Losses From Policies -- Agricultural Production Risks Are Unique -- Summary -- Questions and Exercises -- 3 Who Makes Agricultural Policy and How Is It Made?.
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Created:
2023-04-12
Last changed:
2022-04-01
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2023-04-12