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)
Agricultural subsidies. Agricultural subsidies--Case studies. Agriculture and state. Agriculture and state--Case studies.