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The United States Department of Agriculture ("USDA") is the United States federal executive agency responsible for the execution of U.S. federal government policy regarding farming, agriculture, and food. President Abraham Lincoln signed into...

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The Department of Commerce (DOC) is an executive agency of the U.S. government charged with fostering, serving, and promoting economic development and technological advancement in the United States. On February 14, 1903, the U.S. Department...

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Laissez-faire refers to an economic philosophy that advocates for minimal government interference in the economy.

The phrase “laissez-faire” originates with the French physiocratic economists, who were early proponents of a...

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A taking is when the government seizes private property for public use.

A taking can come in two forms. The taking may be physical, which means that the government literally takes the property from its owner). Or the taking may be...