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作者：Santa Clara University
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作者：Dartmouth College
摘要：Alexander Hamilton's Report on Manufactures (1791) is a classic document of U.S. economic policy, but its fate in Congress is not well known. It is commonly believed that the report was never implemented. Although Hamilton's proposals for bounties (subsidies) failed to receive support, virtually every tariff recommendation was adopted by Congress in early 1792. These tariffs were not highly protectionist because Hamilton feared discouraging imports, which were the critical tax base on which he...
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作者：University of Warwick
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作者：University of California System; University of California Davis; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
摘要：In 1917, after scientific breakthroughs allowed for the early detection of bovine tuberculosis, the USDA began a campaign to eradicate the disease. Agents inspected nearly every cattle farm in the country and condemned roughly 4 million reactors to slaughter without full compensation. This article analyzes how the eradication program functioned, how incentives were aligned to ensure widespread participation without excessive moral hazard problems, and why the United States led most European na...
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作者：DePauw University
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作者：University System of Ohio; University of Toledo
摘要：Using individual measures of adult and child literacy, this article examines human capital acquisition in one Southern city, Charleston, 1790-1840. White adult literacy rates differed greatly by sex and class and rose gradually over time. Mothers played a critical role in human capital transmission in early childhood and long after children had left their care. Both relatively recent literacy acquisition and early childhood family structure influenced the occupation to which children were appr...
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作者：University of California System; University of California Los Angeles
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作者：University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder
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作者：Drake University
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作者：University of Hawaii System
