Agriculture and the State: Market Processes and Bureaucracy

Here is an irreverent, insightful view of farm programs in the United States, clearly separating political rhetoric from economic reality.

Analyzing the effects of price supports, marketing orders, credit and export subsidies, and other farm programs, professor Pasour shows how they especially hurt the small farmer and victimize the general public. He also exposes current farm policies as being responsible for high food prices and the widening destruction of the environment. This book sets f...