Big Government and Affirmative Action: The Scandalous History of the Small Business Administration

240 Pages·2001·15.78 MB·English

by  Jonathan Bean

BIG GOVERNMENT
and Affirmative Action
"Won't all these new rules impact adversely on the viability of
small businesses with fewer than fifty employees?"
BIG
GOVERNMENT
and Affirmative Action
The SCANDALOUS HISTORY of the
Small Business Administration
Jonathan J. Bean
Copyright © 2001 by The University Press of Kentucky
Scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth,
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College of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University,
The Filson Historical Society, Georgetown College,
Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky State University,
Morehead State University, Murray State University,
Northern Kentucky University, Transylvania University,
University of Kentucky, University of Louisville,
and Western Kentucky University.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bean, Jonathan, J.
Big government and affirmative action: the scandalous history of the Small Business
Administration / Jonathan J. Bean.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN 0-8131-2187-6 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. United States. Small Business Administration—History. 2. Small business—Gov-
ernment policy—United States. 3. Affirmative action programs—United States—History.
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HD2346.U5 B344 20001
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To my parents,
with love and appreciation

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
List of Abbreviation xi
Introduction 1
1. Politics and Patronage 7
2. Small Business on the New Frontier 21
3. The Entrepreneurial Era 37
4. Crisis and Consolidation 54
5. The Agony of Hilary Sandoval 70
6. The Small Scandal Administration 882
7. Small Business in an Age of Big Government 95
8. Eternal Life 110
Conclusion 128
Appendix A: Chronology 137
Appendix B: Graphing Growth 141
Notes 145
Bibliography 189
Index 215