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Spring 2014

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 29, Number 2

Categories: Spring 2014 | Economic and social Development

Mountains of Disappointment: The Failure of State-Led Development Aid in Appalachia

Abigail R. Hall, University of Tampa

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise29(2),2014,83–100MountainsofDisappointment:TheFailureofState-LedDevelopmentAidinAppalachiaAbigailR.Hall∗GeorgeMasonUniversity______________________________________________________AbstractIn1964,PresidentLyndonB.Johnsondeclared“war”onpoverty.OnecomponentoftheensuingcadreofgovernmentagenciesandinitiativeswastheAppalachianRegionalCommission(ARC),chargedwithoverseeingthedevelopmentoftheimpoverishedregionstretchingfromsouthernNewYorktonorthernAlabama.AlthoughARCisnowoneofthelongest-runningregionaldevelopmentagencies,ithaslargelyfailedinitsgoalstodeveloptheregion,andmuchofAppalachiaremainsmiredinpoverty.ThispaperexaminesthereasonswhytheARCanddomestic,state-leddevelopmentaidhavefailed.IfindthattheARChasfailedtoachieveitsgoalsfortheregionduetoitsinabilitytoperformrationaleconomiccalculationandasaresultofissuesofpoliticaleconomy.______________________________________________________JELCodes:H11,H59,H79,I30,R58Keywords:Appalachia,AppalachianRegionalCommission,Developmentaid,Economiccalculation,PoliticaleconomyI.IntroductionA1964reporttoPresidentJohnsondescribedAppalachiaasa“regionapart”fromtherestoftheUnitedStates(PARC1964,p.XV).StretchingfromNewYorktonorthernAlabama,theregioncontainingtheAppalachianmountainrangeisdiverseinitsindustry,topography,andpeople.Despiteitsabundantresources,however,muchofAppalachiaisplaguedbyextensivepoverty.Asof2011,∗IwouldliketothankChristopherJ.CoyneandKyleW.O’Donnellforusefulcommentsandsuggestions.EarlierversionsofthispaperwerepresentedattheworkshopsponsoredbytheHayekProgramfortheAdvancedStudyofPolitics,Philosophy,andEconomicsatGeorgeMasonUniversityandatthe2013AnnualAssociationforPrivateEnterpriseEducationConferenceinMaui,Hawaii.Ithanktheparticipantsfortheirfeedback.83

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Title	Mountains of Disappointment: The Failure of State-Led Development Aid in Appalachia
Authors/Creators:	Abigail R. Hall, University of Tampa
Year:	2014
Volume:	29
Number:	2
Pages:	83 - 100
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Appalachia, Appalachian Regional Commission, Development aid, Economic calculation, Political economy

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Hall, Abigail R. / 2014. "Mountains of Disappointment: The Failure of State-Led Development Aid in Appalachia." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 29(2): 83-100.