“Reform” Social Darwinists and Measuring Levels of Living on American Farms, 1920–1926
研究了1920年代美国农业部农业经济局的新型社会科学家（如埃利斯·柯克帕特里克）如何通过测量农场生活水平，作为社会达尔文主义的工具，用平价价格留住“高等”农民。
The first measurements in the 1920s of living standards of American farmers were not outgrowths of mere curiosity. As implemented by a new breed of social scientist in the USDA's Bureau of Agricultural Economics, especially Ellis Kirkpatrick, they were instruments of social Darwinism: keep the “higher” or “cerebral” type of farmer down on the farm by paying him parity prices.