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Big Government and Affirmative Action
Jonathan J. Bean
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Description for Big Government and Affirmative Action
The story of the Small Business Administration in America - a sacred cow in American politics, despite its history of scandals and policy failures. Part of the sacredness comes from the agency's record of pioneering affirmative action, but traditional "mom and pop" shops don't necessarily benefit. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ; KCZ; KJVS; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 581.
David Stockman, Ronald Reagan's budget director, proclaimed the Small Business Administration a "billion-dollar waste -- a rathole," and set out to abolish the agency. His scathing critique was but the latest attack on an agency better known as the "Small Scandal Administration." Loans to criminals, government contracts for minority "fronts," the classification of American Motors as a small business, Whitewater, and other scandals -- the Small Business Administration has lurched from one embarrassment to another.
Despite the scandals and the policy failures, the SBA thrives and small business remains a sacred cow in American politics. Part of this sacredness ... Read more
David Stockman, Ronald Reagan's budget director, proclaimed the Small Business Administration a "billion-dollar waste -- a rathole," and set out to abolish the agency. His scathing critique was but the latest attack on an agency better known as the "Small Scandal Administration." Loans to criminals, government contracts for minority "fronts," the classification of American Motors as a small business, Whitewater, and other scandals -- the Small Business Administration has lurched from one embarrassment to another.
Despite the scandals and the policy failures, the SBA thrives and small business remains a sacred cow in American politics. Part of this sacredness ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813121871
SKU
V9780813121871
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99-35
About Jonathan J. Bean
Jonathan J. Bean, associate professor of history at Southern Illinois University, is the author of Beyond the Broker State: A History of the Federal Government's Politics Toward Small Business, 1936-1961.
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