The Income Objective in Agricultural Policies

H. Astrand
Additional contact information
H. Astrand: Swedish Agricultural Credit Association

Chapter Chapter 19 in Economic Problems of Agriculture in Industrial Societies, 1969, pp 397-408 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Our starting-point for this study is a country whose national policy aims at the well-being of all its citizens, and simultaneously at raising their standard of living as rapidly as possible. We shall also assume that the more important decisions made in this country are arrived at by majority vote on democratic lines, but that at the same time great attention is paid to the opinions of minorities: to this end, there is readiness to make compromises. We assume moreover that a policy of great restraint is observed in the exercise of economic pressure, not to mention compulsion, on the common citizens when their interests as individuals conflict with the interests of the general public. This ideal democratic state must have an agricultural policy. Just what its agricultural policy shall be, is a question that is perhaps not easy to decide.

Keywords: Agricultural Policy; Farm Worker; Industrial Worker; Reasonable Standard; Agricultural Population (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1969
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:intecp:978-1-349-08476-0_19

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.palgrave.com/9781349084760

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-08476-0_19

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in International Economic Association Series from Palgrave Macmillan
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().