出版社: Harvard University Press
副标题: American Abundance and the Paradox of Poverty
出版年: 2012-12-31
页数: 344
定价: USD 39.95
装帧: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780674066526
内容简介 · · · · · ·
The Land of Too Much presents a simple but powerful hypothesis that addresses three questions: Why does the United States have more poverty than any other developed country? Why did it experience an attack on state intervention starting in the 1980s, known today as the neoliberal revolution? And why did it recently suffer the greatest economic meltdown in seventy-five years? A...
The Land of Too Much presents a simple but powerful hypothesis that addresses three questions: Why does the United States have more poverty than any other developed country? Why did it experience an attack on state intervention starting in the 1980s, known today as the neoliberal revolution? And why did it recently suffer the greatest economic meltdown in seventy-five years? Although the United States is often considered a liberal, laissez-faire state, Monica Prasad marshals convincing evidence to the contrary. Indeed, she argues that a strong tradition of government intervention undermined the development of a European-style welfare state. The demand-side theory of comparative political economy she develops here explains how and why this happened. Her argument begins in the late nineteenth century, when America's explosive economic growth overwhelmed world markets, causing price declines everywhere. While European countries adopted protectionist policies in response, in the United States lower prices spurred an agrarian movement that rearranged the political landscape. The federal government instituted progressive taxation and a series of strict financial regulations that ironically resulted in more freely available credit. As European countries developed growth models focused on investment and exports, the United States developed a growth model based on consumption. These large-scale interventions led to economic growth that met citizen needs through private credit rather than through social welfare policies. Among the outcomes have been higher poverty, a backlash against taxation and regulation, and a housing bubble fueled by "mortgage Keynesianism." This book will launch a thousand debates.
作者简介 · · · · · ·
Monica Prasad is Associate Professor of Sociology and Faculty Fellow in the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University.
目录 · · · · · ·
Preface
Part I. Explaining American State Intervention
1. The Farmers’ Tour
2. Comparing Capitalisms
3. A Demand-Side Theory of Comparative Political Economy
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Preface
Part I. Explaining American State Intervention
1. The Farmers’ Tour
2. Comparing Capitalisms
3. A Demand-Side Theory of Comparative Political Economy
Part II. The Agrarian Regulation of Taxation
4. The Non-History of National Sales Tax
5. The Land of Too Much
6. Progressive Taxation and the Welfare State
Part III. The Agrarian Regulation of Finance
7. American Adversarial Regulation
8. The Democratization of Credit
9. The Credit/Welfare State Trade-Off
Part IV. Conclusion
10. American Mortgage Keynesianism: Summary and Policy Implications
Notes
References
Acknowledgments
Index
* Figures:
2.1 Pre-tax and transfer inequality and post-tax and transfer inequality
3.1 Index of industrial production, 1870–1912
3.2 Index of agricultural output, 1869–1950
3.3 Index of manufacturing output, 1869–1941
3.4 Total GDP, 1820–1924
3.5 Wholesale commodity price index, 1848–1943
3.6 U.S. mortgage interest rates, 1869–1885
3.7 Index of agricultural output, 1889–1929
3.8 “How to see our wheat”
7.1 Restrictiveness of banking regulation before 1999
8.1 Index of activity in the building industry, 1925–1929 and 1932
10.1 Argument of the book
** Tables:
1.1 The United States compared to other industrialized countries
3.1 GDP per capita
4.1 Regional voting on sales tax in Congress, November 3 and 4, 1921, Republicans only
4.2 Regional preferences for sales tax in Congress, 1932
8.1 Regional voting on McFadden Act in House of Representatives, February 4, 1926
9.1 The demand for credit, 1980–2005
9.2 The effect of deregulation on credit for different levels of social spending
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读书思考 | 美国累进税制瓦解了福利国家的基础
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0 有用 2019 2018-11-11 17:48:54
在龙哥的带领下第一次尝试的外文专著,也只能说是“读过”了,关于书的内容,诸位可参见《清华社会学评论》中有关这本书的书评
2 有用 murmur 2018-04-14 11:32:14
论点或许有待商榷(政经知识有限,无法评论),但真是难得的好看。从题目到问题到材料的编织,野心勃勃又能讲好故事,很佩服。
3 有用 水草狗 2017-07-14 08:07:02
非常喜欢。核心问题是解释为什么战后美国没有建立欧洲式的福利国家。从财税和金融两个角度切入,分别解释战后累进税制、破产制度、银行监管、信贷制度分别是如何成形的。揭示19世纪末美国农业大发展以及中西部农业利益集团在其中扮演的重要作用。也涉及金融化、金融危机等问题。字数限制,难以展开。
1 有用 V 2016-03-30 19:26:11
与现有研究和学派的丰富对话,有洞见的观点,像韦伯一样的将各种遥远的、破碎的元素编织在一起的能力,只是编织得不够紧密,对大财团和产业领导人的角色几乎没有提及,似乎故事不够完整。
1 有用 Kirara 2019-04-07 15:10:53
太棒了!!论述非常严谨,逻辑无比缜密,但是又不会偏离对问题的真诚探讨。你所能想到的疑惑,作者都能及时给出了解释。这样的学术著作让人受益匪浅。近几年看过的最好的非虚构!需要少许经济学基础。
0 有用 月亮脸 2021-10-06 22:16:38
一个(欧/美)比较政治经济学的视角,关注的利益团体从企业、工人转向农民,指出美国也有比欧洲更为严格的国家干预;税收、信贷等领域的国家干预遭致的反击反而促成了金融的民主化(金融化从生产侧扩展至需求侧);政府把解决社会矛盾的责任推给市场,信贷的易获得性成为福利国家的替代,风险被更多地转移给那些缺乏风险吸收能力的人。Prasad写国家角色的模式与Krippner一脉相承:不认为国家行为是某个意识形态下一... 一个(欧/美)比较政治经济学的视角,关注的利益团体从企业、工人转向农民,指出美国也有比欧洲更为严格的国家干预;税收、信贷等领域的国家干预遭致的反击反而促成了金融的民主化(金融化从生产侧扩展至需求侧);政府把解决社会矛盾的责任推给市场,信贷的易获得性成为福利国家的替代,风险被更多地转移给那些缺乏风险吸收能力的人。Prasad写国家角色的模式与Krippner一脉相承:不认为国家行为是某个意识形态下一以贯之的行为,而认为金融化是由于获得选票的具体考量而采取的政策导致的未预料结果。这种分析方式,看似把国家作为了单独的行为体,但是其行为动机就只有“赢得支持”这简单一项,事实上还是被动的,哪个群体对它影响大,它就听哪个群体的,而这个群体的动机,又常常被认为是直觉的、思维定式的… (展开)
0 有用 SuSo 2021-09-09 08:46:05
The weakest point is how the US tax system must contribute to a minimal public welfare state. The only example discussed is the provision of private health care by corporations due to tax loopholes. B... The weakest point is how the US tax system must contribute to a minimal public welfare state. The only example discussed is the provision of private health care by corporations due to tax loopholes. But how about education and UI and other aspects of welfare state? Also not clear is the availability of credit and the weakening of welfare state. (展开)
0 有用 潘妮 2020-11-19 05:48:27
mind blowing...逻辑严密,旁征博引,并且可读性也很强,非常好看!对作者的学术实力及野心深感钦佩
0 有用 珈琲貓少女 2020-05-13 22:28:11
過剩之地…📍5/13/20
0 有用 #中環卡夫卡# 2020-04-26 01:29:08
从剑桥比较政治系列选题来看,近年来福利制度和左翼社民成为了核心议题之一。Prasad用精准的角度把复杂的美国财政史和欧美福利制度的复杂历史展现了出来。可以和Iversen的福利与人力资源对比来看。但漏洞也很明显:为什么发达的信贷消费会压缩福利制度的发展?普通家庭总不能像农场主一样借来的钱还不了就破产吧?欧洲不少国家家庭杠杆很高但福利制度很完善,作者是要把这个归结到timing吗🧐