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Surplus

The Riddle of American Agriculture

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  • © 1962

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  1. Alan R. Bird

    1. Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, USA

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-9
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  2. The Plan and Aim of the Book

    • Alan R. Bird
    Pages 11-13

  3. We Can’t Eat the Food Surplus

    • Alan R. Bird
    Pages 14-20

  4. What About New Uses for American Farm Products?

    • Alan R. Bird
    Pages 21-24

  5. We Can’t Sell the Surplus Overseas—or Even Give It Away

    • Alan R. Bird
    Pages 25-30

  6. Surpluses Aren’t So Troublesome during a War

    • Alan R. Bird
    Pages 31-32

  7. We Need to Grow Less Food

    • Alan R. Bird
    Pages 33-39

  8. What About Getting More Farmers off Their Farms?

    • Alan R. Bird
    Pages 40-46

  9. What About Taking More Land Away from Farming?

    • Alan R. Bird
    Pages 47-58

  10. What About Slowing Down Technology?

    • Alan R. Bird
    Pages 59-66

  11. What’s Wrong with Just Cutting Food Prices?

    • Alan R. Bird
    Pages 67-76

  12. What About Adding Marketing Controls for Food?

    • Alan R. Bird
    Pages 77-87

  13. How About a Package Deal to Get Rid of the Food Surplus?

    • Alan R. Bird
    Pages 88-92

  14. Some Canned Facts, Figures and Arguments

    • Alan R. Bird
    Pages 93-99

  15. What Do Farm Programs Cost Us?

    • Alan R. Bird
    Pages 100-110

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 111-128
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, USA

    Alan R. Bird

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Surplus

  • Book Subtitle: The Riddle of American Agriculture

  • Authors: Alan R. Bird

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-40399-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1962

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-39352-9Published: 01 January 1962

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-40399-0Published: 01 December 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 128

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Agricultural Economics, Agriculture

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