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The myth of fair and efficient government : why the government you want is not the one you get / Michael L. Marlow.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marlow, Michael L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Administrative agencies--United States--Management.
- Administrative agencies.
- Fiscal policy--United States.
- Fiscal policy.
- Taxation--United States.
- Taxation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file HTML
- Summary:
- A fascinating exposé explaining why the government we have bears so little relation to the government we want-and why the recent expansion of government programs will only exacerbate the problem.
- Contents:
- Our disappointment with government
- What markets do well
- Theory is not practice of government
- Government : last place to look for efficiency
- Government rarely promotes fairness
- Misconceptions of tax fairness
- "Vocal advocates" encourage inefficient government
- Tax preferences : government playing favorites
- Unfunded liabilities of future citizens
- More efficient and fairer taxation
- Improving government.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798400689055
- 9786613150509
- 9781283150507
- 1283150506
- 9780313392924
- 0313392927
- OCLC:
- 745598198
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