A billion dollars a day
Subtitle: the economics and politics of agricultural subsidies
By: E. Wesley F. Peterson.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781405185875; 9781405185868
Subjects: Agriculture and state; Agricultural subsidies; Agriculture and state -- Case studies; Agricultural subsidies -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the problem of agricultural subsidies; title: The economics of government intervention; title: The structure of the world food system; title: Global institutions and the World Trade Organization; title: The nature and scope of agricultural subsidies in high-income countries; title: U.S. agricultural policy : how not to save the family farm; title: Agricultural policy in the European Union : Europe's sacred cows; title: Agricultural policy on the Pacific rim : non-trade concerns versus comparative advantage; title: Agricultural policy in developing countries : cheap food; title: Conclusion : whither agricultural policy?