Gaining ground : markets helping government / Clifford Winston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winston, Clifford, 1952- author.

Contributor:

JSTOR (Online Service)

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public-private sector cooperation.

Capitalism--Political aspects.

Capitalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 294 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2021]

Contents:

Introduction

Perspectives on Government and Markets and the Scope and Content of the Analysis

Part I: Markets Helping Government Address Economic Goals

Why Markets Can Help Government Address Economic Goals

Protecting Consumers against Anticompetitive Behavior

Protecting Consumers When Technology Appears to Prevent Price Competition

Enabling Individuals to Make More-Informed Decisions

Addressing Negative Externalities Efficiently

Improving Public Production

Encouraging Innovations by Firms and Individuals

Part II: How Markets Can Help Government Accomplish Social Goals

Why Markets Could Help Government Achieve Social Goals

Reducing Poverty

Fairness in Labor Markets

Merit Goals

Expanding the Role of Markets to Help Address Social Goals Policies

Part III: Synthesizing the Evidence

Government Policy Inefficiencies and Efforts to Explain Them

Markets Helping Government

Some Broader Implications of Markets Helping Government

Part IV: Markets Helping Government

Market and Government Responses to COVID-19: A Robustness Test

Conclusion: Advancing the Perspective of Markets Helping Government.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-278) and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9780815739333 (electronic bk.)

0815739338 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

99991036838

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.