Reviews of Books:A History of Affirmative Action: 1619-2000 Philip F. Rubio; Big Government and Affirmative Action: The Scandalous History of the Small Business Administration Jonathan J. Bean

2003 ◽  
Vol 108 (3) ◽  
pp. 877-878
Author(s):  
Kermit L. Hall
2001 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 1157-1158
Author(s):  
Scott Wallsten

Jonathan Bean's book chronicles the growth and development of the Small Business Administration (SBA) from its inception in 1953 through the present. In addition to placing the SBA's actions in the context of changing political environments, the book focuses on three separate issues, though it is not organized this way. The first two are different types of affirmative action: preferences and subsidies for “small” firms, and preferences for people who have been “economically disadvantaged.” Finally, it chronicles the history of scandal and corruption that has plagued the SBA.


1977 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Lalit Gadhia ◽  
Jack J. Tawil

This paper reviews the performance of the Surety Bond Guarantee Program of the Small Business Administration in terms of its impact on small and minority contractors, Federal, state and local government construction costs, employment, and the cost to the taxpayer. With a formalized model, it identifies conditions under which sureties have an incentive to use the program to bond conventionally bondable contractors, and demonstrates how SBA can alter variables within its control to remove these conditions, taking into account the trade-off between discouraging bondable and encouraging unbondable contractors’ participation in the program.


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