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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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Autore: Brown Lawrence D (Lawrence David), <1947-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The private abuse of the public interest [[electronic resource] ] : market myths and policy muddles / / Lawrence D. Brown and Lawrence R. Jacobs Visualizza cluster
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  
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 9786612069659
1-282-06965-9
0-226-07645-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910454005203321
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Serie: Chicago studies in American politics.