“Reform” Social Darwinists and Measuring Levels of Living on American Farms, 1920–1926

Harry C. McDean

The Journal of Economic History, 1983, vol. 43, issue 1, 79-85

Abstract: The first measurements in the 1920s of living standards of American farmers were not outgrowths of mere curiosity. As implemented by a new breed of social scientist in the USDA's Bureau of Agricultural Economics, especially Ellis Kirkpatrick, they were instruments of social Darwinism: keep the “higher” or “cerebral” type of farmer down on the farm by paying him parity prices.

Date: 1983
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