Randal R. Rucker
Professor of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University
Randal R. Rucker
Research Fellow
Randal R. Rucker is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute, Professor of Agricultural Economics and Economics at Montana State University, and author of Plowshares & Pork Barrels: The Political Economy of Agriculture (with Ernest C. Pasour, Jr.). He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Washington, and he has been Associate Professor of Economics and Business at North Carolina State University, Economist at the U.S. Department of the Interior, and Research Fellow for the Sloan Foundation.
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{content}Randal Rucker Discuses the Resilience of Private Beekeeping on the John Batchelor Show
Research Fellow Randal Rucker...
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
Plowing Ground in Washington
The Political Economy of U.S. Agriculture
