02722nam 2200601 450 991082103520332120200520144314.00-8131-7097-40-8131-5864-8(CKB)3710000000334212(EBL)1915387(SSID)ssj0001432136(PQKBManifestationID)11927768(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001432136(PQKBWorkID)11388746(PQKB)11775331(OCoLC)903959727(MdBmJHUP)muse44003(Au-PeEL)EBL1915387(CaPaEBR)ebr11009733(CaONFJC)MIL690953(OCoLC)900344409(MiAaPQ)EBC1915387(EXLCZ)99371000000033421220150205h20012001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBig government and affirmative action the scandalous history of the Small Business Administration /Jonathan J. BeanLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,2001.©20011 online resource (240 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-59671-9 0-8131-2187-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Politics and patronage -- Small business on the New Frontier -- The entrepreneurial era -- Crisis and consolidation -- The agony of Hilary Sandoval -- The small scandal administration -- Small business in an age of big government -- Eternal life.David Stockman, Ronald Reagan's budget director, proclaimed the Small Business Administration a ""billion-dollar waste -- a rathole,"" and set out to abolish the agency. His scathing critique was but the latest attack on an agency better known as the ""Small Scandal Administration."" Loans to criminals, government contracts for minority ""fronts,"" the classification of American Motors as a small business, Whitewater, and other scandals -- the Small Business Administration has lurched from one embarrassment to another. Despite the scandals and the policy failures, the SBA thrives and small busSmall businessGovernment policyUnited StatesAffirmative action programsUnited StatesHistorySmall businessGovernment policyAffirmative action programsHistory.354.2/799/0973Bean Jonathan J.1043028MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821035203321Big government and affirmative action3998881UNINA