Progressive Century: The American Nation in Its Second Hundred YearsD. C. Heath, 1975 - 558 pages |
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... income level , had helped to make that demand effective . Even more important were national fiscal policies . Continuing to spend more than it collected in taxes , the United States government had also loaned to wartime allies sub ...
... income level , had helped to make that demand effective . Even more important were national fiscal policies . Continuing to spend more than it collected in taxes , the United States government had also loaned to wartime allies sub ...
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... income per capita , have most frequently cited the disparity between farm and nonfarm income . In 1929 , for example , the average per capita income of people on farms was only $ 273 compared with $ 908 for the nonfarm population . Yet ...
... income per capita , have most frequently cited the disparity between farm and nonfarm income . In 1929 , for example , the average per capita income of people on farms was only $ 273 compared with $ 908 for the nonfarm population . Yet ...
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... income served to aggravate inequalities in the distribution of productivity gains . Property income includes dividends , interest , rent , and remuneration to enterprisers beyond what they are paid for their services . Farmers receive ...
... income served to aggravate inequalities in the distribution of productivity gains . Property income includes dividends , interest , rent , and remuneration to enterprisers beyond what they are paid for their services . Farmers receive ...
Contents
Times and Tensions of a Developing Industrial Society | 3 |
MAPS | 21 |
American Society at the End of an Era | 34 |
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