TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pasour,E.C.
AU  - Rucker,Randal Ray
TI  - Plowshares and pork barrels: the political economy of agriculture 
SN  - 9780945999034 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - HD 1761 PAS
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Oakland, Calif.
PB  - The Independent Institute
KW  - Agriculture and state - United States
KW  - United States - economic policy
N1  - Includes index; The role of economics in agricultural policy analysis -- Economic efficiency and equity in U.S. agriculture -- Government and the economy : private versus collective choice -- Public choice : the economics of the political process -- Implications of public-choice theory for agricultural policy -- The farm problem and economic justice -- The role of government in U.S. agriculture -- Price supports, parity, and cost of production -- History and overview of production controls and marketing quotas -- Production controls, price supports, and current farm programs -- Cooperatives and marketing orders -- Effects of agricultural commodity programs -- Subsidized food programs -- International trade and trade restrictions -- Crop insurance, market stabilization, and risk management -- Subsidized credit in U.S. agriculture -- Conservation and "protection" of natural resources -- Agricultural research and extension activities -- Taxation in agriculture -- The effects of government farm programs -- The farm security and rural investment act of 2002 : how it updated existing law
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0512/2005010937.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0622/2005010937-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0622/2005010937-d.html
ER  -