The private abuse of the public interest : market myths and policy muddles / Lawrence D. Brown and Lawrence R. Jacobs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Lawrence D. (Lawrence David), 1947-

Contributor:

Jacobs, Lawrence R.

Series:

Chicago studies in American politics.

Chicago studies in American politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration--United States.

Public administration.

Social service--Contracting out--United States.

Social service.

Public welfare--Contracting out--United States.

Public welfare.

Public-private sector cooperation--United States.

Public-private sector cooperation.

United States--Economic policy.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-144) and index.

ISBN:

9786612069659

9781282069657

1282069659

9780226076454

0226076458

OCLC:

435673199