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Agricultural Policy: Some Hard Choices Ahead

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

William T. Boehm
William T. Boehm*
Affiliation:
Council of Economic Advisers. Executive Office of the President
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Most political analysts failed to predict that the election of 1980 would be close; few foresaw the landslide that would bring major changes in the policy-making machinery. The results surprised almost everyone. Ronald Reagan carried all but 6 states, and the Republicans won the Senate for the first time in a quarter century. The balance of power in the House of Representatives also shifted toward the conservatives—Republicans gained 33 seats.

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , July 1981 , pp. 1 - 9
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1981

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