Who Owns America?: A New Declaration of IndependenceHerbert Agar, Allen Tate ISI Books, 1999 - 450 pages "It was a radical statement in 1936 and remains one at the end of the twentieth century. How should a republic exercise power over its citizens? How may economic goods be justly distributed? What status should the small farm have in the life of a nation? By what means may family life be rendered stable? What is the economic role of women in a free society? These are just some of the issues raised, and answered in unique ways, in this book. |
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... farm corporations to obtain the very objec tionable anti - social joint - stock charters ? Shall we then try to protect the farm owners who remain , either by placing restric tions upon competing farm corporations or by giving the dis ...
... farm corporations to obtain the very objec tionable anti - social joint - stock charters ? Shall we then try to protect the farm owners who remain , either by placing restric tions upon competing farm corporations or by giving the dis ...
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... farm economy , unlike the larger commercial farm , has less to do with the forces of trade . And yet it shares in the general practices of the trading world . It is a form of property , therefore , that the average man can understand ...
... farm economy , unlike the larger commercial farm , has less to do with the forces of trade . And yet it shares in the general practices of the trading world . It is a form of property , therefore , that the average man can understand ...
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... farming would be of no force in the com- mon life . There must be enough of such livelihood farms to restore a conservative balance to the country community . Like the individual , no farm can stand alone ; but - and this is the ...
... farming would be of no force in the com- mon life . There must be enough of such livelihood farms to restore a conservative balance to the country community . Like the individual , no farm can stand alone ; but - and this is the ...
Contents
A FORGOTTEN AMERICAN CLASSIC | ix |
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY | xli |
David Cushman Coyle | 9 |
Copyright | |
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