LEADER 02722nam 2200601 450 001 9910821035203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-7097-4 010 $a0-8131-5864-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000334212 035 $a(EBL)1915387 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001432136 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11927768 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001432136 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11388746 035 $a(PQKB)11775331 035 $a(OCoLC)903959727 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse44003 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1915387 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11009733 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL690953 035 $a(OCoLC)900344409 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1915387 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000334212 100 $a20150205h20012001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBig government and affirmative action $ethe scandalous history of the Small Business Administration /$fJonathan J. Bean 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cThe University Press of Kentucky,$d2001. 210 4$dİ2001 215 $a1 online resource (240 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-59671-9 311 $a0-8131-2187-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPolitics 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. 330 $aDavid 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 bus 606 $aSmall business$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 606 $aAffirmative action programs$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aSmall business$xGovernment policy 615 0$aAffirmative action programs$xHistory. 676 $a354.2/799/0973 700 $aBean$b Jonathan J.$01043028 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821035203321 996 $aBig government and affirmative action$93998881 997 $aUNINA