Governomics : can we afford small government? / Ian McAuley, Miriam Lyons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McAuley, Ian A., author.

Contributor:

Lyons, Miriam, active 2015.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Finance, Public--Australia.

Finance, Public.

Australia--Politics and government.

Australia.

Australia--Economic conditions.

Australia--Economic policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

South Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press Digital, 2015.

Summary:

People have many good reasons to want a decent public education system, to want a well-funded health system, and to live in a society where there is less disparity between the rich and the poor. What is not always clear is that, almost without exception, public sector involvement makes sound economics. Governments rarely get good press, partly because their statutory accountability, partly because commercial interests stand to gain from a retreat of government and partly because governments have to do the hard jobs that the private sector doesn't want to do. Governomics shows that by standing up for government, you are standing up for good government, efficient and responsive to our society's needs. It's a book for people who are fed up with dumbed-down debates on important public issues.

Contents:

Intro; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; 1 The Quiet Achiever; 2 Does Size Count? Or is it about Quality?; 3 Australians and Government: Wanted but Not Trusted; 4 The Invisible Hand and its Limits; 5 Government: The Visible Hand; 6 Stabilisation: The Steadying Hand; 7 Distribution: The Hand that Shares; 8 Allocation: The Guiding Hand; 9 Allocation: Public Goods-From Bush Tracks to Broadband; 10 Allocation: Natural Monopolies-Governments Do Best; 11 Allocation: Structural Policy-Shaping the Economy; 12 Allocation: Health and Education-Holding Society Together 13 Paying for Civilisation14 Government as Custodian of the Common Wealth; 15 Government Can Deliver if We Let it; 16 Beyond Dogma: Reclaiming the Public Good; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

9780522867664

0522867669