Big government and affirmative action : the scandalous history of the Small Business Administration / / Jonathan J. Bean

• Autore: Bean Jonathan J.
• Pubblicazione: Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2001; ©2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 354.2/799/0973
• Soggetto topico: Small business - Government policy - United States; Affirmative action programs - United States - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 bus
• Titolo autorizzato: Big government and affirmative action
• ISBN: 0-8131-7097-4; 0-8131-5864-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460457303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II