Agricultural policy for the twenty-first century /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Luther Tweeten and Stanley R. Thompson ; foreword by D. Gale Johnson
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Ames, Iowa :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Iowa State University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2002
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xii, 309 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Farm commodity programs: essential safety net or corporate welfare? / Luther Tweeten -- Agricultural policy: pre- and post-FAIR Act comparisons / Bruce L. Gardner -- The content of farm policy in the twenty-first century / David Orden -- An empirical analysis of the farm problem: comparability in rates of return / Jeffrey W. Hopkins, Mitchell Morehart -- Income variability of U.S. crop farms and public policy / Carl Zulauf -- Crop insurance: inherent problems and innovative solutions / Shiva S. Makki -- Impact of agribusiness market power on farmers / Suresh Persaud, Luther Tweeten -- Do farmers receive huge rents for small lobbying efforts? / David Bullock, Jay S. Coggins -- Coalitions and competitiveness: why has the sugar program been resilient? / Charles B. Moss, Andrew Schmitz -- Farmland is not just for farming any more: the policy trends / Lawrence W. Libby -- Kuznets curves for environmental degradation and resource depletion / Aref A. Hervani, Luther Tweeten -- Food security, trade, and agricultural commodity policy / Daniel A. Sumner -- Competing paradigms in the OECD and their impact on the WTO agricultural talks / Tim Josling -- The changing economics of agriculture and the environment / David E. Ervin, Frank Casey -- Rational policy processes for a pluralistic world / Alan Randall