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| − | '''Price supports''' are [[federal]] assistance provided to farmers to help them deal with such unfavorable factors as bad weather and overproduction.<ref>http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/oecon/chap12.htm</ref> | + | '''Price supports''' are [[federal]] assistance provided to [[Agriculture|farmers]] to help them deal with such unfavorable factors as bad [[weather]] and overproduction.<ref>http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/oecon/chap12.htm</ref> |
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
| − | {{reflist}} | + | {{reflist|2}} |
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| + | ==External Links== | ||
| + | *[http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/AgriculturalPriceSupports.html Agricultural Price Supports], [[Robert L. Thompson]], ''The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics'' | ||
| + | *[http://www.cato.org/pubs/tbb/tbb_0707_47.pdf Milk Madness], [[Chris Edwards]], ''[[Cato Institute]] Tax and Budget Bulletin'', July 2007 | ||
[[Category:Economics]] | [[Category:Economics]] | ||
Revision as of 11:13, January 19, 2008
Price supports are federal assistance provided to farmers to help them deal with such unfavorable factors as bad weather and overproduction.[1]
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External Links
- Agricultural Price Supports, Robert L. Thompson, The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics
- Milk Madness, Chris Edwards, Cato Institute Tax and Budget Bulletin, July 2007