{"product_id":"9780945999034","title":"Plowshares \u0026 Pork Barrels: The Political Economy of Agriculture","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePasour, E. C.; Rucker, Randall R.; Gardner, Bruce L.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIndependent Institute\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9\/1\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci font-size:=\"\" trebuchet=\"\"\u003ePlowshares \u0026amp; Pork Barrels\u003c\/i\u003e provides the historical and economic context necessary to make sense of U.S. agricultural policy and examines possible market-based alternatives that could benefit consumers and ensure the advancement of American agriculture in an increasingly interdependent global economy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEstablished in 1860, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has grown without cease and is now the most entrenched of all federal agencies. The Farm Bills signed by Presidents Bill Clinton in 1996 and George W. Bush in 2002 only served to further expand this byzantine system.\u003cbr trebuchet ms font-size:=\"\"\u003e \u003cbr trebuchet ms font-size:=\"\"\u003e Economists are nearly unanimous in their denunciation of this wasteful and pernicious web of politics. Subsidies for not growing crops are so notorious that they have been the object of biting political satire since their introduction in the 1930s. However, few books have critically analyzed government farm programs in their entirety like\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cstrong open sans sans-serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003e\u003ci font-size:=\"\" trebuchet=\"\"\u003ePlowshares \u0026amp; Pork Barrels.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Independent Institute","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47066062258431,"sku":"9780945999034","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/Jacket_da0f9e59-fac9-42c3-ae8d-a00b53b5960e.jpg?v=1753294301","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780945999034","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}