Agricultural policy for the twenty-first century
By: edited by Luther Tweeten and Stanley R. Thompson ; foreword by D. Gale Johnson
Contributors: Tweeten, Luther G; Thompson, Stanley R
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: Iowa State Press; Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Ames, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
Subjects: Agriculture and state -- United States; Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- United States
Other titles: Agricultural policy for the 21st century
Description: xii, 309 p. : 24 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Farm commodity programs: essential safety net or corporate welfare? / Luther Tweeten; title: Agricultural policy: pre- and post-FAIR Act comparisons / Bruce L. Gardner; title: The content of farm policy in the twenty-first century / David Orden; title: An empirical analysis of the farm problem: comparability in rates of return / Jeffrey W. Hopkins, Mitchell Morehart; title: Income variability of U.S. crop farms and public policy / Carl Zulauf; title: Crop insurance: inherent problems and innovative solutions / Shiva S. Makki; title: Impact of agribusiness market power on farmers / Suresh Persaud, Luther Tweeten; title: Do farmers receive huge rents for small lobbying efforts? / David Bullock, Jay S. Coggins; title: Coalitions and competitiveness: why has the sugar program been resilient? / Charles B. Moss, Andrew Schmitz; title: Farmland is not just for farming any more: the policy trends / Lawrence W. Libby; title: Kuznets curves for environmental degradation and resource depletion / Aref A. Hervani, Luther Tweeten; title: Food security, trade, and agricultural commodity policy / Daniel A. Sumner; title: Competing paradigms in the OECD and their impact on the WTO agricultural talks / Tim Josling; title: The changing economics of agriculture and the environment / David E. Ervin, Frank Casey; title: Rational policy processes for a pluralistic world / Alan Randall