Ernest C. Pasour, Jr.
Professor Emeritus of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University
Ernest C. Pasour, Jr.
Professor Emeritus of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University
Ernest C. Pasour Jr. is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute and Professor Emeritus of Agricultural and Resource Economics at North Carolina State University. He received his Ph.D. in agricultural economics from Michigan State University, and he is the author of the Independent Institute books, Plowshares & Pork Barrels: The Political Economy of Agriculture (with Randy Rucker) and Agriculture and the State: Market Processes and Bureaucracy.
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{content}Dietary Committee’s Unpalatable Agenda
When the federal Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee met last month in Washington...
U.S. Agricultural Programs: Who Pays?
The Farm Bill Lavishes Cash on Upper-Income Farmers
Agricultural Policy: The Seen and the Unseen
The full long-run effects of any government program are never known in advance. To...
The Schizophrenia of U.S. Farm Policy
The price of the new farm bill, final details of which are being hammered out by...
Schizophrenic U.S. Farm Policy
With the 2007 farm bill temporarily stalled in the Senate, this is a good time to reconsider...
Big Ethanol Push in U.S. Is Pork Barrel Boondoggle
Hailed as an environmentally friendly alternative to fossil fuels and a means...
Plowshares & Pork Barrels
The Political Economy of Agriculture
We Can Do Better than Government Inspection of Meat
Last year’s news reports of tainted beef focused public attention on the...
The N.C. Soft Drink Tax Must Go!
Taxation is a red hot topic in Raleigh as Governor Hunt and the Legislature consider various...
Agriculture and the State
Market Processes and Bureaucracy
