Winter 2003

The Agriculture Bill's Bountiful Harvest

Legislation Boosts Payments to Fifth District Farmers
By Carl Brooks

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Readings

Gardner, Bruce L. "Changing Economic Perspectives on the Farm Problem."
Journal of Economic Literature, 1992, vol. 30, no. I, pp. 62-101.

Johnston, Warren E. and Gerald A.G. Frengley. "Economic Adjustments and Changes in Financial Viability of the Farming Sector: The New Zealand Experience." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1994, vol. 76, no. 5, pp. 1034-1040.

Murphy, Kevin M., Andrei Shleifer, and Robert W. Vishny. "Why Is Rent-Seeking So Costly to Growth?" American Economic Review, 1993, vol. 83, no. 2, pp. 409-414.

Orden, David. "Reform's Stunted Crop." Regulation, 2002, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 26-32.

Orden, David, Robert Paarlberg, and Terry Roe. Policy Reform in American Agriculture: Analysis and Prognosis. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999.