Peterson, E. Wesley F.

A billion dollars a day : the economics and politics of agricultural subsidies / E. Wesley F. Peterson. - Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. - xxi, 292 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Fakulti Agro-Industri dan Sumber Asli

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-278) and index.

Introduction : the problem of agricultural subsidies -- The economics of government intervention -- The structure of the world food system -- Global institutions and the World Trade Organization -- The nature and scope of agricultural subsidies in high-income countries -- U.S. agricultural policy : how not to save the family farm -- Agricultural policy in the European Union : Europe's sacred cows -- Agricultural policy on the Pacific rim : non-trade concerns versus comparative advantage -- Agricultural policy in developing countries : cheap food -- Conclusion : whither agricultural policy?

9781405185875 (hbk. : alk. paper)


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