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

2002 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 1131
Author(s):  
Theodore P. Kovaleff ◽  
Jonathan J. Bean
Keyword(s):  
Affirmative Action ◽  
Small Business ◽  
Business Administration ◽  
Small Business Administration ◽  
History Of

Big Government and Affirmative Action: The Scandalous History of the Small Business Administration. By Jonathan L. Bean. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2001. Pp. xii, 224. $29.95.

2001 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 1157-1158
Author(s):  
Scott Wallsten
Keyword(s):  
Affirmative Action ◽  
Small Business ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Business Administration ◽  
Small Business Administration ◽  
University Of Kentucky ◽  
Political Environments ◽  
Different Types ◽  
History Of

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.

An Analysis of Small Business Administration's Surety Bond Guarantee Program

1977 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Lalit Gadhia ◽  
Jack J. Tawil
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Business Administration ◽  
Small Business Administration ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Construction Costs ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
State And Local Government ◽  
State And Local ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Government Construction

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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