{"product_id":"government-project-paperback","title":"Government Project - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward C. Banfield\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKevin R. Kosar\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGovernment Project\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of an attempt by the\u003cbr\u003eUS government to remake the lives of some of its citizens by establishing a cooperative\u003cbr\u003efarm in Pinal County, Arizona, in 1937. These individuals were among the most\u003cbr\u003edesperately poor and disadvantaged in the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCasa Grande Valley Farms was an elaborate venture that provided\u003cbr\u003ethe Americans who volunteered to settle there with housing, work, and the\u003cbr\u003eopportunity to earn income. For five years, the farm succeeded. The revenues\u003cbr\u003efrom the sale of its crops gave the Casa Grande settlers material comfort and\u003cbr\u003ewealth far beyond what they had ever possessed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut in the farm's seventh year of operation, the inhabitants\u003cbr\u003eshuttered it and walked away with hardly anything, to the shock and dismay of\u003cbr\u003ethe government officials overseeing it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGovernment Project\u003c\/i\u003e explains what went wrong at Casa\u003cbr\u003eGrande. In telling this story, it illuminates larger truths about human nature\u003cbr\u003eand the limits of governance.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward C. Banfield \u003c\/b\u003e(1916-99) was a professor at the\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Chicago, Harvard University, and the University of Pennsylvania.\u003cbr\u003eHe authored more than a dozen books on urban politics, political cooperation, \u003cbr\u003eand American governance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin R. Kosar\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior fellow at the American\u003cbr\u003eEnterprise Institute, where he studies the US Congress, the administrative state, \u003cbr\u003eAmerican politics, election reform, and the US Postal Service.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 23, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52732757016883,"sku":"9780844750644","price":25.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/DQSfSUSjPV9780844750644.webp?v=1763906380","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/government-project-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}