Sacred Cows and Hot Potatoes: Agrarian Myths and Agricultural Policy

ISBN-13: 9780367301989 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 151 str.

William P. Browne; Jerry R. Skees; Louis E. Swanson

Opis

Sacred Cows and Hot Potatoes challenges many of the assumptions of agricultural policies and examines the agrarian roots of these policies. It provides an overview of the use and abuse of agrarian values in policymaking.

Spis treści

Foreword -- Foreword -- An Overview -- Never Assume That Agrarian Values Are Simple -- Never Confuse Farming with Rural America -- Never Base Decisions on the "Average" Family Farm -- Never Confuse Production with Productivity -- Never Confuse Farm Prices with Farmers' Income -- Never Forget That U.S. Agriculture Depends on the World Economy -- Never Equate Good Farming with a Healthy Environment -- Never Assume That Farm Programs Are Food Programs -- Never Assume That a Government Program Will Do What It Says -- Conclusions