LEADER 03393nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910143828503321 005 20230607222023.0 010 $a1-281-45052-9 010 $a9786611450526 010 $a0-470-39037-9 010 $a0-470-39034-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000535841 035 $a(EBL)353531 035 $a(OCoLC)437219652 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000100488 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11131274 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000100488 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10036701 035 $a(PQKB)10589233 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC353531 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL353531 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10296417 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL145052 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000535841 100 $a20011217d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAgricultural policy for the 21st century$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Luther Tweeten and Stanley R. Thompson ; foreword by D. Gale Johnson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAmes $cIowa State Press$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (326 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8138-0899-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAgricultural Policy for the 21st Century; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1. Farm Commodity Programs: Essential Safety Net or Corporate Welfare?; 2. Agricultural Policy: Pre- and Post-FAIR Act Comparisons; 3. The Content of Farm Policy in the Twenty-first Century; 4. An Empirical Analysis of the Farm Problem: Comparability in Rates of Return; 5. Income Variability of U.S. Crop Farms and Public Policy; 6. Crop Insurance: Inherent Problems and Innovative Solutions; 7. Impact of Agribusiness Market Power on Farmers; 8. Do Farmers Receive Huge Rents for Small Lobbying Efforts? 327 $a9. Coalitions and Competitiveness: Why Has the Sugar Program Been Resilient?10. Farmland is Not Just for Farming Any More: The Policy Trends; 11. Kuznets Curves For Environmental Degradation and Resource Depletion; 12. Food Security, Trade, and Agricultural Commodity Policy; 13. Competing Paradigms in the OECD and Their Impact on the WTO Agricultural Talks; 14. The Changing Economics of Agriculture and the Environment; 15. Rational Policy Processes for a Pluralistic World; Index 330 $aAgricultural policy reform has become a very hot topic. Over the next couple of years we will see the funding for these programs being hotly debated. The thesis of this book is that a better-informed public is essential to bring rationality to farm policy. This book provides telling evidence that markets work, that competent commercial farmers will earn returns on their resources as high as those earned elsewhere in the absence of income transfer to farmers. 606 $aAgriculture and state$zUnited States 606 $aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States 615 0$aAgriculture and state 615 0$aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects 676 $a338.1/873 676 $a338.180905 701 $aTweeten$b Luther G$072099 701 $aThompson$b Stanley R$0885326 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910143828503321 996 $aAgricultural policy for the 21st century$91976759 997 $aUNINA