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.
本书追溯了小企业管理局从1953年成立至今的发展历程，聚焦于针对小企业和经济弱势群体的平权政策，以及该机构长期存在的丑闻与腐败问题。
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.