The private abuse of the public interest: market myths and policy muddles
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Main Author: Brown, Lawrence D., (Lawrence David) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago University of Chicago Press 2008
Series:Chicago studies in American politics
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-144) and index
A return to realism -- Markets and policy: from pragmatic realism to dogmatic utopianism -- Cycles of reform: formulation and ratification of market utopianism -- Cycles of reform: institutional reality and the dystopia of markets -- The democratic disconnect and the growth of government -- Pragmatic policy in the marketplace of ideas
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, The Private Abuse o
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 151 pages)
ISBN:0226076458
9780226076454

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