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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... nomic centralization . Only an anti - plutocratic conservatism , which defended property ownership , agrarianism , and regional- ism , could beat back the servile state . Agar believed that mil- lions of Americans supported the ...
... nomic centralization . Only an anti - plutocratic conservatism , which defended property ownership , agrarianism , and regional- ism , could beat back the servile state . Agar believed that mil- lions of Americans supported the ...
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... nomic equilibrium of the country as a whole would necessarily be studied . A tax mechanism which would encourage an increased volume of business at reduced prices would probably tempt many business managers to meet such conditions by ...
... nomic equilibrium of the country as a whole would necessarily be studied . A tax mechanism which would encourage an increased volume of business at reduced prices would probably tempt many business managers to meet such conditions by ...
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... nomic fact , and not poetic fiction . I cannot here elaborate the proof of this statement , but it is available . The skeptic who refuses the testimony of history , of sociological and economic findings , of studies in folk - lore or ...
... nomic fact , and not poetic fiction . I cannot here elaborate the proof of this statement , but it is available . The skeptic who refuses the testimony of history , of sociological and economic findings , of studies in folk - lore or ...
Contents
A FORGOTTEN AMERICAN CLASSIC | ix |
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY | xli |
David Cushman Coyle | 9 |
Copyright | |
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