Beyond Politics The Roots of Government Failure

Name: Beyond Politics The Roots of Government Failure
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ISBN: 9781598130423

ISBN-10: 1598130420

ISBN-13: 9781598130423

Edition: 2011

Authors: Randy T. Simmons, Gordon Tullock

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Providing students of economics, politics, and policy with a concise explanation of public choice, markets, property, and political and economic processes, this record identifies what kinds of actions are beyond the ability of government. Combining public choice with studies of the value of property rights, markets, and institutions, this account produces a much different picture of modern political economy than the one accepted by mainstream political scientists and welfare economists. It demonstrates that when citizens request that their governments do more than it is possible, net benefits are reduced, costs are increased, and wealth and freedom are diminished. Solutions are also…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Independent Institute, The
Publication date: 9/30/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Illustrations and Tables


Preface


Introduction



Market Failures and Political Solutions: Orthodoxy



Market Failure and Government Intervention: The View from Welfare Economics



Political Presuppositions of the Idealized State



In Dispraise of Politics: Some Public Choice



Undemocratic Side of Democracy



Pathological Politics: The Anatomy of Government Failure



Politics of Free and Forced Rides: Providing Public Goods



Understanding Property, Markets, the Firm, and the Law



Private Property and Public Choice



Rediscovering Markets, Competition, and the Firm



Public Choice and the Law



Case Studies in the Anatomy of Government Failure



Political Pursuit of Private Gain: Producer-Rigged Markets



Political Pursuit of Private Gain: Consumer Protection



Political Pursuit of Private Gain: Government Exploitation



Political Pursuit of Private Gain: Government Schools and Mediocrity



Political Pursuit of Private Gain: Environmental Goods



Political Pursuit of Private Gain: Coercive Redistribution



Micro-Politics of Macro-Instability



Political Implications of Public Choice



Creating a Climate for Liberty


Index


About the Author