The Reality of Contemporary Agriculture: How The Deregulatory Economics of Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan Gave Rise to Agricultural Monopolies

Weishaar, Bradley

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Title

The Reality of Contemporary Agriculture: How The Deregulatory Economics of Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan Gave Rise to Agricultural Monopolies

Author(s)

Weishaar, Bradley

Issue Date

2023

Keyword(s)

• agriculture
• deregulation
• deregulatory economics
• Jimmy Carter
• Ronald Reagan

Geographic Coverage

United States

Abstract

My paper analyzes court cases, statutes, and news articles to examine how deregulatory economics in the 1970s and 1980s shaped contemporary agriculture. I find that the deregulatory economic strategies of Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan empowered private companies, incentivized biotechnological developments, and reduced antitrust protections, which enabled the rise of new mergers and acquisitions that harmed everyday farmers. This finding builds upon two areas of scholarship—one about deregulation and the other about the agricultural sector— that, when taken together, illuminate many of the contemporary issues farmers face today.

Publisher

self

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

Brookens Library

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Bradley Weishaar, 2023

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