Beyond the Broker State

Beyond the Broker State
Author: Jonathan J. Bean
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2000-11-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0807860301

Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln both considered small business the backbone of American democracy and free enterprise. In Beyond the Broker State, Jonathan Bean considers the impact of this ideology on American politics from the Great Depression to the creation of the Small Business Administration during the Eisenhower administration. Bean's analysis of public policy toward small business during this period challenges the long-accepted definition of politics as the interplay of organized interest groups, mediated by a 'broker-state' government. Specifically, he highlights the unorganized nature of the small business community and the ideological appeal that small business held for key members of Congress. Bean focuses on anti-chain-store legislation beginning in the 1930s and on the establishment of federal small business agencies in the 1940s and 1950s. According to Bean, Congress, inspired by the rhetoric of crisis, often misinterpreted or misrepresented the threat posed to small business from large corporations, and as a result, protective legislation sometimes worked against the interests it was meant to serve. Despite this misguided aid, argues Bean, small business has proved to be a remarkably resilient, if still unorganized, force.

The American Economic Review

The American Economic Review
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1096
Release: 1949
Genre: Economics
ISBN:

Includes papers and proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Economic Association. Covers all areas of economic research.

The Antitrust Paradox

The Antitrust Paradox
Author: Robert Bork
Publisher:
Total Pages: 536
Release: 2021-02-22
Genre:
ISBN: 9781736089712

The most important book on antitrust ever written. It shows how antitrust suits adversely affect the consumer by encouraging a costly form of protection for inefficient and uncompetitive small businesses.

Monopolistic and Unfair Trade Practices

Monopolistic and Unfair Trade Practices
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee No. 1
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1402
Release: 1949
Genre: Antitrust law
ISBN:

Sept. 3 hearing was held in Butte, Mont.; Sept 8 hearing was held in Casper, Wyo.; Sept. 11 hearing was held in Salt Lake City, Utah; Sept. 15 hearing was held in Kansas City, Mo.; Sept. 17 hearing was held in Omaha, Nebr.; Sept. 20 hearing was held in Minneapolis, Minn.; Sept. 23 hearing was held in Madison, Wis.; Sept. 27 hearing was held in South Bend, Ind.; Oct 8 hearing was held in Oklahoma City, Okla.; and Oct. 11 hearing was held in Houston, Tex.

Records, Computers, and the Rights of Citizens

Records, Computers, and the Rights of Citizens
Author: United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Secretary's Advisory Committee on Automated Personal Data Systems
Publisher:
Total Pages: 396
Release: 1973
Genre: Business records
ISBN: