The Making of Informational Efficiency: Information Policy and Theory in Interwar Agricultural Economics
分析了两次世界大战期间美国农业经济学家如何设计信息政策来生产、格式化并传播信息，以解决农民信息匮乏问题，并探讨了该政策对后续信息理论讨论的影响。
Abstract This article offers a historical analysis of American interwar agricultural economists and their interest in information. Believing that the main problem facing farmers was a lack of information, agricultural economists designed an information policy aiming to produce, format, and disseminate information. Using administrative archives, the article analyzes the motivations of these economists and the implementation of this policy. As the article shows, the policy was a prerequisite for theoretical discussions about information, and it established institutional tools that are still used today, such as the USDA market news service.