European University Institute Library

The land of too much, American abundance and the paradox of poverty, Monica Prasad

eng

Includes bibliographical references (p . 275-316) and index

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non fiction

The land of too much

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Monica Prasad

American abundance and the paradox of poverty

Explaining American state intervention -- The farmers' tour -- Comparing capitalisms -- A demand-side theory of comparative political economy -- The agrarian regulation of taxation -- The non-history of national sales tax -- The land of too much -- Progressive taxation and the welfare state -- The agrarian regulation of finance -- American adversarial regulation -- The democratization of credit -- The credit/welfare state trade-off -- American mortgage Keynesianism : summary and policy implications