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- catalog abstract "In Plowing Ground in Washington B. Delworth Gardner explores the wasteful and perverse consequences of our current agricultural policy. Farm subsidies reduce our standard of living and redistribute income from taxpayers and consumers to farmers and landowners who are typically richer than average Americans. In effect, we pay twice: first in taxes to provide subsidies, and then at the grocery store in the form of higher prices due to the distortion subsidies cause in the marketplace. Moreover, farm subsidies have serious environmental consequences that are often forgotten in the debate about farm policy. Gardner's reasoned argument for government reform in the agricultural sector is both powerful and compelling.".
- catalog contributor b8693615.
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. Farmers and Farm Policy -- Ch. 2. Why Agricultural Policy Wastes Resources and Reduces Standards of Living -- Ch. 3. Evidence for Wasted Resources in U.S. Agriculture -- Ch. 4. A Lender of Last Resort and Wasted Capital Resources -- The Farmers Home Administration -- Ch. 5. Making Wealthy Farmers Richer at the Expense of Taxpayers -- Ch. 6. Why Do We Have Farm Programs? -- Ch. 7. A Model of the Political Market -- Ch. 8. Congressional Structure and the Influence of Special Interests -- Ch. 9. The Buying of Subsidies by Agricultural Interest Groups -- Ch. 10. Agricultural Policy and Environmental Quality: Soil and Wetland Issues -- Ch. 11. Agricultural Policy and the Environment: Chemical Contamination -- Ch. 12. Irrigation Subsidies and their Economic and Environmental Consequences -- Ch. 13. Prospects for Reform.".
- catalog description "In Plowing Ground in Washington B. Delworth Gardner explores the wasteful and perverse consequences of our current agricultural policy. Farm subsidies reduce our standard of living and redistribute income from taxpayers and consumers to farmers and landowners who are typically richer than average Americans. In effect, we pay twice: first in taxes to provide subsidies, and then at the grocery store in the form of higher prices due to the distortion subsidies cause in the marketplace. Moreover, farm subsidies have serious environmental consequences that are often forgotten in the debate about farm policy. Gardner's reasoned argument for government reform in the agricultural sector is both powerful and compelling.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 385 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0936488700".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "San Francisco, Calif. : Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "338.1/873 20".
- catalog subject "Agricultural price supports United States.".
- catalog subject "Agriculture Environmental aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "Agriculture and state United States.".
- catalog subject "HD1761 .G244 1995".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. Farmers and Farm Policy -- Ch. 2. Why Agricultural Policy Wastes Resources and Reduces Standards of Living -- Ch. 3. Evidence for Wasted Resources in U.S. Agriculture -- Ch. 4. A Lender of Last Resort and Wasted Capital Resources -- The Farmers Home Administration -- Ch. 5. Making Wealthy Farmers Richer at the Expense of Taxpayers -- Ch. 6. Why Do We Have Farm Programs? -- Ch. 7. A Model of the Political Market -- Ch. 8. Congressional Structure and the Influence of Special Interests -- Ch. 9. The Buying of Subsidies by Agricultural Interest Groups -- Ch. 10. Agricultural Policy and Environmental Quality: Soil and Wetland Issues -- Ch. 11. Agricultural Policy and the Environment: Chemical Contamination -- Ch. 12. Irrigation Subsidies and their Economic and Environmental Consequences -- Ch. 13. Prospects for Reform.".
- catalog title "Plowing ground in Washington : the political economy of U.S. agriculture / B. Delworth Gardner.".
- catalog type "text".