Download or read book Agricultural Economics Research, Vol. 16 written by United States Economic Research Service and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-06 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Agricultural Economics Research, Vol. 16: July 1964 The second maj or part deals with the economics Of the farm problems. Here the author draws heavily on the scholars of the field including him self, Cochrane, Galbraith, D. Gale Johnson, Glen Johnson, Heady, and many others. The author's contribution is chiefly one of bringing together and critically examining most of the modern ideas about the economics of farming. (i use farm ing here instead Of agriculture because little is said about factor-producing industries or the prod uet-marketing industries.) Hathaway cleverly makes one point by talking about why farmers are underpaid but not always poor (ch. 4) and about those who are poor but not always underpaid (ch. 6) The most interesting, and at the same time least satisfying, section of the book discusses the process of policy formation (part Unlike the previous part, here the author fails to avail himself of much of the relevant literature. In fairness, a full treat ment of this subject would require far more than the 53 pages used. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.