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03609aam a2200469 i 4500 001 C30A01C4214711EEBC7340321FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230713010558 008 141117s2015 njua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014032117 020 $a 1412855985 020 $a 9781412855983 035 $a (OCoLC)894938250 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCF $d YDXCP $d CDX $d TTU $d GYG $d OCLCQ $d UKMGB $d IL4J6 $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HC110.S9 $b B46 2015 080 $a 339.13.027 082 00 $a 338.973/02 $2 23 100 1 $a Bennett, James T. 245 10 $a Corporate welfare : $b crony capitalism that enriches the rich / $c James T. Bennett ; foreword by Ralph Nader. 264 1 $a New Brunswick, New Jersey : $b Transaction Publishers, $c [2015] 300 $a xi, 226 pages ; $c 24 cm 505 00 $t Welfare. $t Alexander Hamilton, canals, and railroads -- $t Corporate welfare takes flight: how the SST was launched (and shot down) -- $t The great giveaway : economic development, "incentives," and the corporate welfare wars -- $t Corporate welfare as theft : how Detroit and General Motors stole poletown -- $t A reverse robin hood : the derring-do (on behalf of transnational corporations) of the Export-Import Bank -- $g Conclusion : $t will it ever end? or is there a future for an anti-corporate -- $t Welfare. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a From the time of Alexander Hamilton's "Report on Manufactures" through the Great Depression, American towns and cities sought to lure footloose companies by offering lavish benefits. These ranged from taxpayer-financed factories, to tax exemptions, to outright gifts of money. This kind of government aid, known as "corporate welfare," is still around today. After establishing its historical foundations, James T. Bennett reveals four modern manifestations. His first case is the epochal debate over government subsidy of a supersonic transport aircraft. The second case has its origins in Southern factory relocation programs of the 1930s - the practice of state and local governments granting companies taxpayer financed incentives. The third is the taking of private property for the enrichment of business interests. The fourth - export subsidies - has its genesis in the New Deal but matured with the growth of the Export-Import Bank, which subsidizes international business exchanges of America's largest corporate entities. Bennett examines the prospects for a successful anti-corporate welfare coalition of libertarians, free market conservatives, Greens, and populists. The potential for a coalition is out there, he argues. Whether a canny politician can assemble and maintain it long enough to mount a taxpayer counterattack upon corporate welfare is an intriguing question. -- from dust jacket. 650 0 $a Subsidies $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Economic policy. 650 0 $a Capitalism $z United States. 650 6 $a Subventions $z EÌtats-Unis. 651 6 $a EÌtats-Unis $x Politique eÌconomique. 650 7 $a Capitalism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00846425 650 7 $a Economic policy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00902025 650 7 $a Subsidies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01136736 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 650 7 $a Subsidies $z United States. $2 nli 651 7 $a United States $x Economic policy. $2 nli 650 7 $a Capitalism $z United States. $2 nli 941 $a 1 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718092207.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C30A01C4214711EEBC7340321FECA4DB 994 $a 92 $b IOHInitiate Another SILO Locator Search