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Brown Lawrence D (Lawrence David), <1947->
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Titolo: |
The private abuse of the public interest [[electronic resource] ] : market myths and policy muddles / / Lawrence D. Brown and Lawrence R. Jacobs
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Pubblicazione: | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (162 p.) |
Disciplina: | 352.5/38 |
Soggetto topico: | Public administration - United States |
Social service - Contracting out - United States | |
Public welfare - Contracting out - United States | |
Public-private sector cooperation - United States | |
Soggetto geografico: | United States Economic policy |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: |
JacobsLawrence R
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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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | The private abuse of the public interest ![]() |
ISBN: | 9786612069659 |
1-282-06965-9 | |
0-226-07645-8 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910454005203321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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