Thomas D. Rowley

Employment History

Rowley has served as a project manager at the TVA Rural Studies Program[?] of the University of Kentucky[?], as an editor of the Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy[?], and as an analyst at the USDA Economic Research Service[?]. He has also worked with the National Rural Development Partnership[?], the National Commission on Agriculture and Rural Development Policy[?], the President's Council on Sustainable Development[?], and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Writings by Thomas D. Rowley

The Value of Rural America

The Value of Rural America is an article by Thomas D. Rowley and is from Rural Development Perspectives[?] (vol. 12, no. 1).

Rowley begins by discussing the 1993 writings of Thomas W. Bonnett[?]. He states, "The government is morally obliged to ensure that its citizens have access to certain services. The government is obliged to improve equity and it owes for disparities created by past policies and programs."

"The market has failed while believing that it has allocated items in a rational way."

"There must be better understanding of governmental action. Is the public getting what it wants?"