Madmen, intellectuals, and academic scribblers [[electronic resource] ] : the economic engine of political change / / Wayne A. Leighton and Edward J. López

• Autore: Leighton Wayne A. <1965->
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.6
• Soggetto topico: Political planning - Economic aspects; Policy sciences - Economic aspects; Political entrepreneurship; Economic policy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: LópezEdward J
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Ideas and the rules of politics -- The never-ending quest for good government -- Economists join the battle of political ideas -- Public choice : how we get bad policies and get stuck with them, or not -- How ideas matter for political change -- Four stories of political change -- What is to be done? : assembling the wisdom.
• Sommario/riassunto: Madmen, Intellectuals, and Academic Scribblers presents a simple, economic framework for understanding the systematic causes of political change. Wayne A. Leighton and Edward J. López take up three interrelated questions: Why do democracies generate policies that impose net costs on society? Why do such policies persist over long periods of time, even if they are known to be socially wasteful and better alternatives exist? And, why do certain wasteful policies eventually get repealed, while others endure? The authors examine these questions through familiar policies in contemporary American politics, but also draw on examples from around the world and throughout history. Assuming that incentives drive people's decisions, the book matches up three key ingredients—ideas, rules, and incentives—with the characters who make political waves: madmen in authority (such as Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Margaret Thatcher), intellectuals (like Jon Stewart and George Will), and academic scribblers (in the vein of Friedrich Hayek and John Maynard Keynes). Political change happens when these characters notice holes in the structure of ideas, institutions, and incentives, and then act as entrepreneurs to shake up the status quo.
• Titolo autorizzato: Madmen, intellectuals, and academic scribblers
• ISBN: 0-8047-8396-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462500003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II