The years after World War I have often been seen as an era when Republican presidents and business leaders brought the growth of government in the United States to a sudden and emphatic halt. In When Good Government Meant Big Government, the historian Jesse Tarbert inverts the traditional story by

This dissertation follows the efforts of nationalist Republicans, business leaders, and philanthropists to build central power in the federal government against resistance from Southern Democrats and others who feared central power. This forgotten quest to strengthen the American state brought together a loose-knit group of bankers, corporation lawyers, corporate executives,

In this book some of the world's leading economists and experts on Serra explore the enduring appeal of his 1613 Breve trattato.

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Governance, Development and Growth critically evaluates conventional ideas about governance and development , highlighting that while good governance is a worthy goal by itself, it is not a prerequisite for economic growth or development as the donor community commonly believes.