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Political Bargaining and Cartelization in the New Deal: Orange Marketing Orders

In: The Regulated Economy: A Historical Approach to Political Economy

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  • Elizabeth Hoffman
  • Gary D. Libecap

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Yet, in our generation we have seen scarcity vanquished, and our ever present fear, so far as agriculture is concerned, is a fear of over abundance. We wish, if not for scarcity, at least for relief from price depressing surpluses. Rexford G. Tugwell, assistant secretary of agriculture.
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  • Elizabeth Hoffman & Gary D. Libecap, 1994. "Political Bargaining and Cartelization in the New Deal: Orange Marketing Orders," NBER Chapters, in: The Regulated Economy: A Historical Approach to Political Economy, pages 189-222, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    3. Atack, Jeremy & Coclanis, Peter & Grantham, George, 2009. "Creating Abundance: Biological Innovation and American Agricultural Development--An appreciation and research agenda," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 46(1), pages 160-167, January.
    4. Alexander, Barbara & Libecap, Gary D., 2000. "The Effect of Cost Heterogeneity in the Success and Failure of the New Deal's Agricultural and Industrial Programs," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 37(4), pages 370-400, October.
    5. Leathers, Howard D., 2007. "Orderly Marketing in Agriculture Revisited," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, vol. 36(2), pages 1-12, October.

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