LEADER 03639nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910782975203321 005 20230207230106.0 010 $a9786612069659 010 $a1-282-06965-9 010 $a0-226-07645-8 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226076454 035 $a(CKB)1000000000725196 035 $a(EBL)432168 035 $a(OCoLC)435673199 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000227602 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11185233 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000227602 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10264938 035 $a(PQKB)10783277 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122581 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC432168 035 $a(DE-B1597)523363 035 $a(OCoLC)1135611030 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226076454 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL432168 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10288691 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL206965 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000725196 100 $a20080325d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe private abuse of the public interest$b[electronic resource] $emarket myths and policy muddles /$fLawrence D. Brown and Lawrence R. Jacobs 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (162 p.) 225 1 $aChicago studies in American politics 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-07643-1 311 $a0-226-07642-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 133-144) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. A Return to Realism -- $t2. Markets and Policy -- $t3. Cycles of Reform -- $t4. Cycles of Reform -- $t5. The Democratic Disconnect and the Growth of Government -- $t6. Pragmatic Policy in the Marketplace of Ideas -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aDespite George W. Bush's professed opposition to big government, federal spending has increased under his watch more quickly than it did during the Clinton administration, and demands on government have continued to grow. Why? Lawrence Brown and Lawrence Jacobs show that conservative efforts to expand markets and shrink government often have the ironic effect of expanding government's reach by creating problems that force legislators to enact new rules and regulations. Dismantling the flawed reasoning behind these attempts to cast markets and public power in opposing roles, T 410 0$aChicago studies in American politics. 606 $aPublic administration$zUnited States 606 $aSocial service$xContracting out$zUnited States 606 $aPublic welfare$xContracting out$zUnited States 606 $aPublic-private sector cooperation$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic policy 610 $afederal spending, big government, bush, clinton, politics, political science, markets, capitalism, regulation, legislation, public policy, health care, transportation, education, airlines, school choice, deregulation, inefficiency, bureaucracy, nonfiction, democracy, free market, administration, social service, contracting. 615 0$aPublic administration 615 0$aSocial service$xContracting out 615 0$aPublic welfare$xContracting out 615 0$aPublic-private sector cooperation 676 $a352.5/38 700 $aBrown$b Lawrence D$g(Lawrence David),$f1947-$0147769 701 $aJacobs$b Lawrence R$0254421 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782975203321 996 $aThe private abuse of the public interest$93831845 997 $aUNINA