Agricultural Policy for the 21st Century

From: NACTA Journal | Date: June 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Agricultural Policy for the 21st Century Edited by Luther Tweeten and Stanley R. Thompson, Iowa State Press, 2002, 309 pp., hardcover $72.99

Agricultural Policy for the 21st Century provides a straightforward, no-holds-barred look at agricultural policy, primarily with respect to the FAIR Act of 1996. The text is comprised of 15 chapters, each having been initially presented at a symposium, "Challenging the Agricultural Economics Paradigm." This collection of writers provides the reader with a multitude of opinions and perspectives that cannot be gained from a single author.

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