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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782975203321

Autore

Brown Lawrence D (Lawrence David), <1947->

Titolo

The private abuse of the public interest [[electronic resource] ] : market myths and policy muddles / / Lawrence D. Brown and Lawrence R. Jacobs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008

ISBN

9786612069659

1-282-06965-9

0-226-07645-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (162 p.)

Collana

Chicago studies in American politics

Altri autori (Persone)

JacobsLawrence R

Disciplina

352.5/38

Soggetti

Public administration - United States

Social service - Contracting out - United States

Public welfare - Contracting out - United States

Public-private sector cooperation - United States

United States Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-144) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. A Return to Realism -- 2. Markets and Policy -- 3. Cycles of Reform -- 4. Cycles of Reform -- 5. The Democratic Disconnect and the Growth of Government -- 6. Pragmatic Policy in the Marketplace of Ideas -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Despite George W. Bush's professed opposition to big government, federal spending has increased under his watch more quickly than it did during the Clinton administration, and demands on government have continued to grow. Why? Lawrence Brown and Lawrence Jacobs show that conservative efforts to expand markets and shrink government often have the ironic effect of expanding government's reach by creating problems that force legislators to enact new rules and regulations. Dismantling the flawed reasoning behind these attempts to cast markets and public power in opposing roles, T