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Crisis and Leviathan [[electronic resource] ] : critical episodes in the growth of American government / / Robert Higgs ; with a new preface by the author ; foreword by Arthur A. Ekirch
| Crisis and Leviathan [[electronic resource] ] : critical episodes in the growth of American government / / Robert Higgs ; with a new preface by the author ; foreword by Arthur A. Ekirch |
| Autore | Higgs Robert |
| Edizione | [25th anniversary ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, Calif., : Independent Institute, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (386 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.973 |
| Collana | Independent studies in political economy Crisis and leviathan |
| Soggetto topico |
Administrative agencies - United States - History
Bureaucracy - United States - History Welfare state - United States - History Ideology - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-59813-113-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Part I. Framework; 1. The Sources of Big Government: A Critical Survey of Hypotheses; Explanations of the Growth of Government; Modernization; Public Goods; The Welfare State; Political Redistribution; Ideology; Crisis; Conclusions; 2. How much has Government Grown?: Conventional Measures and an Alternative View; Conventional Measures of the Growth of Government; The Essence of Big Government: An Alternative View; Ratchets: Conventional Measures versus Fundamentals; Conclusions; 3. On Ideology as an Analytical Concept in the Study of Political Economy; What is Ideology?
Ideology and Political Action Ideology in Analysis; Ideology and Rhetoric; Ideology: Exogenous or Endogenous?; Conclusions; 4. Crisis, Bigger Government, and Ideological Change: Toward an Understanding of the Ratchet; A Schematic View of the Problem; Why Stage II?: A Cost-Concealment Hypothesis; Why Stage IV?: A (Partial) Hypothesis on Ideological Change; Recapitulation: Why the Ratchet?; The Task Ahead; Part II. History; 5. Crisis under the Old Regime, 1893-1896; Creative Destruction Ideologically Sustained, 1865-1893; Depression and Social Unrest, 1893-1896; Saving the Gold Standard Maintaining Law and Order in the Labor Market Striking Down the Income Tax; Conclusions; 6. The Progressive Era: A Bridge to Modern Times; Economic Development and Political Change, 1898-1916; The Ideological Winds Shift; End and Beginning: The Railroad Labor Troubles, 1916-1917; Conclusions; 7. The Political Economy of War, 1916-1918; Neutral Prosperity and the Shipping Crisis; The Preparedness Controversy and New Governmental Powers; War and Conscription; Manipulating the Market Economy: The Major Agencies; Labor Problems and the Railroad Takeover; Supreme Court Rulings on War Measures Legacies, Institutional and Ideological Conclusions; 8. The Great Depression: ""An Emergency More Serious Than War""; Economic Rise and fall, 1922-1933; What did Hoover Do?; Interregnum of Despair; Emergency, Emergency!; Planting the First New Deal: The Hundred Days; Cultivating and Pruning the First New Deal: The Supreme Court; Legacies, Institutional and Ideological; Conclusions; 9. The Political Economy of War, 1940-1945; De Jure Neutrality, De Facto Belligerency, 1939-1941; More Powers and Price Controls; The Armed Forces and the Economy; Work or Fight; The Supreme Court also Goes to War Legacies, Institutional and Ideological Conclusions; 10. Crisis and Leviathan: From World War II to the 1980's; The Mixed Economy: March into Socialism or Fascism?; Crisis and Leviathan: The Recent Episodes; Conclusions; 11. Retrospect and Prospect; Retrospect; Prospect; Appendix to Chapter 2; Appendix to Chapter 9; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; Back Cover |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462956803321 |
Higgs Robert
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| Oakland, Calif., : Independent Institute, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Crisis and Leviathan [[electronic resource] ] : critical episodes in the growth of American government / / Robert Higgs ; with a new preface by the author ; foreword by Arthur A. Ekirch
| Crisis and Leviathan [[electronic resource] ] : critical episodes in the growth of American government / / Robert Higgs ; with a new preface by the author ; foreword by Arthur A. Ekirch |
| Autore | Higgs Robert |
| Edizione | [25th anniversary ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, Calif., : Independent Institute, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (386 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.973 |
| Collana | Independent studies in political economy Crisis and leviathan |
| Soggetto topico |
Administrative agencies - United States - History
Bureaucracy - United States - History Welfare state - United States - History Ideology - United States - History |
| ISBN | 1-59813-113-3 |
| Classificazione | POL040000HIS036000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Part I. Framework; 1. The Sources of Big Government: A Critical Survey of Hypotheses; Explanations of the Growth of Government; Modernization; Public Goods; The Welfare State; Political Redistribution; Ideology; Crisis; Conclusions; 2. How much has Government Grown?: Conventional Measures and an Alternative View; Conventional Measures of the Growth of Government; The Essence of Big Government: An Alternative View; Ratchets: Conventional Measures versus Fundamentals; Conclusions; 3. On Ideology as an Analytical Concept in the Study of Political Economy; What is Ideology?
Ideology and Political Action Ideology in Analysis; Ideology and Rhetoric; Ideology: Exogenous or Endogenous?; Conclusions; 4. Crisis, Bigger Government, and Ideological Change: Toward an Understanding of the Ratchet; A Schematic View of the Problem; Why Stage II?: A Cost-Concealment Hypothesis; Why Stage IV?: A (Partial) Hypothesis on Ideological Change; Recapitulation: Why the Ratchet?; The Task Ahead; Part II. History; 5. Crisis under the Old Regime, 1893-1896; Creative Destruction Ideologically Sustained, 1865-1893; Depression and Social Unrest, 1893-1896; Saving the Gold Standard Maintaining Law and Order in the Labor Market Striking Down the Income Tax; Conclusions; 6. The Progressive Era: A Bridge to Modern Times; Economic Development and Political Change, 1898-1916; The Ideological Winds Shift; End and Beginning: The Railroad Labor Troubles, 1916-1917; Conclusions; 7. The Political Economy of War, 1916-1918; Neutral Prosperity and the Shipping Crisis; The Preparedness Controversy and New Governmental Powers; War and Conscription; Manipulating the Market Economy: The Major Agencies; Labor Problems and the Railroad Takeover; Supreme Court Rulings on War Measures Legacies, Institutional and Ideological Conclusions; 8. The Great Depression: ""An Emergency More Serious Than War""; Economic Rise and fall, 1922-1933; What did Hoover Do?; Interregnum of Despair; Emergency, Emergency!; Planting the First New Deal: The Hundred Days; Cultivating and Pruning the First New Deal: The Supreme Court; Legacies, Institutional and Ideological; Conclusions; 9. The Political Economy of War, 1940-1945; De Jure Neutrality, De Facto Belligerency, 1939-1941; More Powers and Price Controls; The Armed Forces and the Economy; Work or Fight; The Supreme Court also Goes to War Legacies, Institutional and Ideological Conclusions; 10. Crisis and Leviathan: From World War II to the 1980's; The Mixed Economy: March into Socialism or Fascism?; Crisis and Leviathan: The Recent Episodes; Conclusions; 11. Retrospect and Prospect; Retrospect; Prospect; Appendix to Chapter 2; Appendix to Chapter 9; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; Back Cover |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786583903321 |
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Higgs Robert
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| Oakland, Calif., : Independent Institute, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Crisis and Leviathan [[electronic resource] ] : critical episodes in the growth of American government / / Robert Higgs ; with a new preface by the author ; foreword by Arthur A. Ekirch
| Crisis and Leviathan [[electronic resource] ] : critical episodes in the growth of American government / / Robert Higgs ; with a new preface by the author ; foreword by Arthur A. Ekirch |
| Autore | Higgs Robert |
| Edizione | [25th anniversary ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, Calif., : Independent Institute, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (386 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.973 |
| Collana | Independent studies in political economy Crisis and leviathan |
| Soggetto topico |
Administrative agencies - United States - History
Bureaucracy - United States - History Welfare state - United States - History Ideology - United States - History |
| ISBN | 1-59813-113-3 |
| Classificazione | POL040000HIS036000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Part I. Framework; 1. The Sources of Big Government: A Critical Survey of Hypotheses; Explanations of the Growth of Government; Modernization; Public Goods; The Welfare State; Political Redistribution; Ideology; Crisis; Conclusions; 2. How much has Government Grown?: Conventional Measures and an Alternative View; Conventional Measures of the Growth of Government; The Essence of Big Government: An Alternative View; Ratchets: Conventional Measures versus Fundamentals; Conclusions; 3. On Ideology as an Analytical Concept in the Study of Political Economy; What is Ideology?
Ideology and Political Action Ideology in Analysis; Ideology and Rhetoric; Ideology: Exogenous or Endogenous?; Conclusions; 4. Crisis, Bigger Government, and Ideological Change: Toward an Understanding of the Ratchet; A Schematic View of the Problem; Why Stage II?: A Cost-Concealment Hypothesis; Why Stage IV?: A (Partial) Hypothesis on Ideological Change; Recapitulation: Why the Ratchet?; The Task Ahead; Part II. History; 5. Crisis under the Old Regime, 1893-1896; Creative Destruction Ideologically Sustained, 1865-1893; Depression and Social Unrest, 1893-1896; Saving the Gold Standard Maintaining Law and Order in the Labor Market Striking Down the Income Tax; Conclusions; 6. The Progressive Era: A Bridge to Modern Times; Economic Development and Political Change, 1898-1916; The Ideological Winds Shift; End and Beginning: The Railroad Labor Troubles, 1916-1917; Conclusions; 7. The Political Economy of War, 1916-1918; Neutral Prosperity and the Shipping Crisis; The Preparedness Controversy and New Governmental Powers; War and Conscription; Manipulating the Market Economy: The Major Agencies; Labor Problems and the Railroad Takeover; Supreme Court Rulings on War Measures Legacies, Institutional and Ideological Conclusions; 8. The Great Depression: ""An Emergency More Serious Than War""; Economic Rise and fall, 1922-1933; What did Hoover Do?; Interregnum of Despair; Emergency, Emergency!; Planting the First New Deal: The Hundred Days; Cultivating and Pruning the First New Deal: The Supreme Court; Legacies, Institutional and Ideological; Conclusions; 9. The Political Economy of War, 1940-1945; De Jure Neutrality, De Facto Belligerency, 1939-1941; More Powers and Price Controls; The Armed Forces and the Economy; Work or Fight; The Supreme Court also Goes to War Legacies, Institutional and Ideological Conclusions; 10. Crisis and Leviathan: From World War II to the 1980's; The Mixed Economy: March into Socialism or Fascism?; Crisis and Leviathan: The Recent Episodes; Conclusions; 11. Retrospect and Prospect; Retrospect; Prospect; Appendix to Chapter 2; Appendix to Chapter 9; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; Back Cover |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810830403321 |
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Higgs Robert
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| Oakland, Calif., : Independent Institute, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The federal civil service system and the problem of bureaucracy [[electronic resource] ] : the economics and politics of institutional change / / Ronald N. Johnson and Gary D. Libecap
| The federal civil service system and the problem of bureaucracy [[electronic resource] ] : the economics and politics of institutional change / / Ronald N. Johnson and Gary D. Libecap |
| Autore | Johnson Ronald N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c1994 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (242 p.) |
| Disciplina | 353 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LibecapGary D |
| Collana | NBER series on long-term factors in economic development |
| Soggetto topico |
Bureaucracy - United States - History
Civil service - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-22369-7
9786611223694 0-226-40177-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The "Problem of Bureaucracy" -- 2. Replacing Political Patronage with Merit: The Roles of the President and the Congress in the Origins of the Federal Civil Service System -- 3. The Continuing Political Conflict over Control of Federal Employees and the Requirement for Further Institutional Change -- 4. The Rise of Federal Employees as an Interest Group: The Early Years -- 5. The Maturation of Federal Employees as an Interest Group -- 6. Explaining the Success of Federal Employees as an Interest Group -- 7. The Implications of a Protected Bureaucracy -- 8. The Economics and Politics of Institutional Change in the Political Arena -- Appendix A: Appendix to Chapter 2 -- Appendix B: Appendix to Chapter 3 -- Appendix C: Appendix to Chapter 5 -- Appendix D: Appendix to Chapter 6 -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458419803321 |
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Johnson Ronald N
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c1994 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The federal civil service system and the problem of bureaucracy : the economics and politics of institutional change / / Ronald N. Johnson, Gary D. Libecap
| The federal civil service system and the problem of bureaucracy : the economics and politics of institutional change / / Ronald N. Johnson, Gary D. Libecap |
| Autore | Johnson Ronald N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 1994 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (242 pages) |
| Disciplina | 353 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LibecapGary D |
| Collana | NBER series on long-term factors in economic development |
| Soggetto topico |
Bureaucracy - United States - History
Civil service - United States - History |
| Soggetto non controllato | bureaucracy, government, reform, civil service, congress, president, merit, political patronage, institutional change, federal employees, interest group, politics, history, economics, nonfiction, labor, workforce, employment, spending, budget, revenue, funding, taxation, senate, administration, management, forms, regulation, economy |
| ISBN |
1-281-22369-7
9786611223694 0-226-40177-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The "Problem of Bureaucracy" -- 2. Replacing Political Patronage with Merit: The Roles of the President and the Congress in the Origins of the Federal Civil Service System -- 3. The Continuing Political Conflict over Control of Federal Employees and the Requirement for Further Institutional Change -- 4. The Rise of Federal Employees as an Interest Group: The Early Years -- 5. The Maturation of Federal Employees as an Interest Group -- 6. Explaining the Success of Federal Employees as an Interest Group -- 7. The Implications of a Protected Bureaucracy -- 8. The Economics and Politics of Institutional Change in the Political Arena -- Appendix A: Appendix to Chapter 2 -- Appendix B: Appendix to Chapter 3 -- Appendix C: Appendix to Chapter 5 -- Appendix D: Appendix to Chapter 6 -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784515203321 |
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Johnson Ronald N
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| Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 1994 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The federal civil service system and the problem of bureaucracy : the economics and politics of institutional change / / Ronald N. Johnson, Gary D. Libecap
| The federal civil service system and the problem of bureaucracy : the economics and politics of institutional change / / Ronald N. Johnson, Gary D. Libecap |
| Autore | Johnson Ronald N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 1994 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (242 pages) |
| Disciplina | 353 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LibecapGary D |
| Collana | NBER series on long-term factors in economic development |
| Soggetto topico |
Bureaucracy - United States - History
Civil service - United States - History |
| Soggetto non controllato | bureaucracy, government, reform, civil service, congress, president, merit, political patronage, institutional change, federal employees, interest group, politics, history, economics, nonfiction, labor, workforce, employment, spending, budget, revenue, funding, taxation, senate, administration, management, forms, regulation, economy |
| ISBN |
1-281-22369-7
9786611223694 0-226-40177-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The "Problem of Bureaucracy" -- 2. Replacing Political Patronage with Merit: The Roles of the President and the Congress in the Origins of the Federal Civil Service System -- 3. The Continuing Political Conflict over Control of Federal Employees and the Requirement for Further Institutional Change -- 4. The Rise of Federal Employees as an Interest Group: The Early Years -- 5. The Maturation of Federal Employees as an Interest Group -- 6. Explaining the Success of Federal Employees as an Interest Group -- 7. The Implications of a Protected Bureaucracy -- 8. The Economics and Politics of Institutional Change in the Political Arena -- Appendix A: Appendix to Chapter 2 -- Appendix B: Appendix to Chapter 3 -- Appendix C: Appendix to Chapter 5 -- Appendix D: Appendix to Chapter 6 -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814546403321 |
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Johnson Ronald N
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| Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 1994 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Revitalizing governance, restoring prosperity, and restructuring foreign affairs : the pathway to renaissance America / / Earl H. Fry
| Revitalizing governance, restoring prosperity, and restructuring foreign affairs : the pathway to renaissance America / / Earl H. Fry |
| Autore | Fry Earl H. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (291 p.) |
| Disciplina | 350.000973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Bureaucracy - United States - History
Bureaucracy - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-7391-9748-7
0-7391-9747-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1: America's Quest to Remain a Superpower and to Provide an Exceptional Quality of Life for Its Citizens; Chapter 2: America on the Brink-Corrosive Government Practices in "Versailles on the Potomac"; Chapter 3: The Erratic Efforts of the U.S. Federal System to Cope with Entitlements and Health Care; Chapter 4: The American Dream in Question: Major Societal Cleavages; Chapter 5: In Search of aCoherent Foreign and Defense Policy
Chapter 6: Upward or Downward Trajectory? The U.S. in the Uncharted Waters of Globalization, Technology Change, and Creative DestructionChapter 7: Solutions to Governance Problems; Chapter 8: Leveraging U.S. Strengths to Enhance National Competitiveness and the Individual's Quality of Life; Chapter 9: Life in Renaissance America and the World Surrounding It, 2030; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458526903321 |
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Fry Earl H.
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| Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Revitalizing governance, restoring prosperity, and restructuring foreign affairs : the pathway to renaissance America / / Earl H. Fry
| Revitalizing governance, restoring prosperity, and restructuring foreign affairs : the pathway to renaissance America / / Earl H. Fry |
| Autore | Fry Earl H. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (291 p.) |
| Disciplina | 350.000973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Bureaucracy - United States - History
Bureaucracy - United States |
| ISBN |
0-7391-9748-7
0-7391-9747-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1: America's Quest to Remain a Superpower and to Provide an Exceptional Quality of Life for Its Citizens; Chapter 2: America on the Brink-Corrosive Government Practices in "Versailles on the Potomac"; Chapter 3: The Erratic Efforts of the U.S. Federal System to Cope with Entitlements and Health Care; Chapter 4: The American Dream in Question: Major Societal Cleavages; Chapter 5: In Search of aCoherent Foreign and Defense Policy
Chapter 6: Upward or Downward Trajectory? The U.S. in the Uncharted Waters of Globalization, Technology Change, and Creative DestructionChapter 7: Solutions to Governance Problems; Chapter 8: Leveraging U.S. Strengths to Enhance National Competitiveness and the Individual's Quality of Life; Chapter 9: Life in Renaissance America and the World Surrounding It, 2030; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791012603321 |
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Fry Earl H.
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| Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Revitalizing governance, restoring prosperity, and restructuring foreign affairs : the pathway to renaissance America / / Earl H. Fry
| Revitalizing governance, restoring prosperity, and restructuring foreign affairs : the pathway to renaissance America / / Earl H. Fry |
| Autore | Fry Earl H. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (291 p.) |
| Disciplina | 350.000973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Bureaucracy - United States - History
Bureaucracy - United States |
| ISBN |
0-7391-9748-7
0-7391-9747-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1: America's Quest to Remain a Superpower and to Provide an Exceptional Quality of Life for Its Citizens; Chapter 2: America on the Brink-Corrosive Government Practices in "Versailles on the Potomac"; Chapter 3: The Erratic Efforts of the U.S. Federal System to Cope with Entitlements and Health Care; Chapter 4: The American Dream in Question: Major Societal Cleavages; Chapter 5: In Search of aCoherent Foreign and Defense Policy
Chapter 6: Upward or Downward Trajectory? The U.S. in the Uncharted Waters of Globalization, Technology Change, and Creative DestructionChapter 7: Solutions to Governance Problems; Chapter 8: Leveraging U.S. Strengths to Enhance National Competitiveness and the Individual's Quality of Life; Chapter 9: Life in Renaissance America and the World Surrounding It, 2030; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813108403321 |
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Fry Earl H.
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| Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Taking a stand : reflections on life, liberty, and the economy / / Robert Higgs ; foreword by Judge Andrew P. Napolitano ; cover design, Denise Tsui
| Taking a stand : reflections on life, liberty, and the economy / / Robert Higgs ; foreword by Judge Andrew P. Napolitano ; cover design, Denise Tsui |
| Autore | Higgs Robert |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : Independent Institute, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (643 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.973 |
| Collana | Independent studies in political economy Taking a stand |
| Soggetto topico |
Administrative agencies - United States - History
Bureaucracy - United States - History State, The - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-59813-205-9
1-59813-206-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part I - Politics and the State; 1 - It's who you Know; 2 - What's the Point of Demonstrating?; 3 - Partisan Politics: A Fool's Game for the Masses; 4 - Democracy's Most Critical Defect; 5 - Nothing Outside the State; 6 - Consent of the Governed?; 7 - Why this Gigantic "Intelligence" Apparatus? Follow the Money; 8 - Can the Dead (Capitalism) Be Brought Back to Life?; 9 - The Welfare State Neutralizes Potential Opponents by Making them Dependent on Government Benefits
10 - The Systematic Organization of Hatreds11 - All Men are Brothers, but All too Often they do not Act Accordingly; 12 - Once More, with Feeling: Our System is not Socialism, but Participatory Fascism; 13 - Love, Liberty, and the State; 14 - Legitimacy; 15 - Political Problems have Only One Real Solution; 16 - The Power of the State versus the Power of Love; 17 - State Power and how it Might be Undermined; 18 - All Government Policies Succeed in the long Run; 19 - Crisis of Political Authority? I Wish!; Part II - On doing Analysis in Political Economy 20 - Ten Rules for Understanding Economic Development21 - Underappreciated Aspects of the Ratchet Effect; 22 - Diagnostics and Therapeutics in Political Economy; 23 - Can the Rampaging Leviathan be Stopped or Slowed?; 24 - Higgs is Just a Pessimist; 25 - My Question for the Doomsters: Then What?; 26 - Defense Spending is Much Greater than you Think; 27 - Which End, if Any, is Near?; 28 - Communism's Persistent Pull; 29 - The Dangers of Samuelson's Economic Method; 30 - Don't Accuse Me of Blaming America when I Blame the Government; 31 - Extreme Aggregation Misleads Macroeconomists and the Fed 32 - Why do so Many People Automatically and Angrily Condemn Historical Revisionism?33 - Where should the Burden of Proof Rest?; 34 - Politics and Markets: A Highly Misleading Analogy; 35 - Social Science 101: Three Ways to Relate to Other People; 36 - Ten Fallacious Conclusions in the Dominant Ideology's Political Economy; 37 - Regime Uncertainty: Some Clarifications; 38 - Not Every Intellectual Gunman is a Hired Gun; 39 - Truth and Freedom in Economic Analysis and Economic Policymaking; 40 - Austrian Economics: The Queen of the Experimental Sciences 41 - Not All Countries are Analytically Equal42 - Creative Destruction-The Best Game in Town; 43 - Thinking is Research, Too!; Part III - Money, Debt, Interest Rates, and Prices; 44 - Macroeconomic Booms and Busts: Déjà Vu Once Again; 45 - The Continuing Puzzle of the Hyperinflation that hasn't Occurred; 46 - Money versus Monetary Base: An Elementary Yet Critical Distinction; 47 - The Euthanasia of the Saver; 48 - The Fed's Immiseration of People who Live on Interest Earnings; 49 - Extraordinary Demand to Hold Cash: The Mystery Persists; 50 - More Monetary Peculiarities of the Past Five Years 51 - A Bogus Example of Controlling Inflation with Price Controls |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461152503321 |
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Higgs Robert
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| Oakland, California : , : Independent Institute, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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