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The Cost of Institutions : Information and Freedom in Expanding Economies / by J. Rodriguez, S. Loomis, J. Weeres.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Rodriguez, Jacob P.
Contributor:
Loomis, Steven R.
Weeres, Joseph G., 1939-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
School management and organization.
Political planning.
International economic relations.
Political science.
Public administration.
Organization and Leadership.
Public Policy.
International Political Economy'.
Political Science.
Public Administration.
Local Subjects:
Organization and Leadership.
Public Policy.
International Political Economy'.
Political Science.
Public Administration.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (209 p.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2007.
Place of Publication:
New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Contesting prior assumptions that institutions simplify the world for the sake of efficiency, this book argues that rather than institution expansion indicating the movement of markets to optimal states, expanding institutions generate information costs.
Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Sidebars; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Expansion under Uncertainty; 2 The State: An Information Theory; 3 Establishing Direction in Education Production; 4 The Individual and the Collective in Education; 5 Markets: The Logic of Convergence; 6 Market Failure in the Preservation of Liberty; Bibliography; Index
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-187) and index.
ISBN:
9786611363314
9781281363312
1281363316
9780230604797
023060479X
OCLC:
314793930

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