Market Failure, Government Failure, Leadership and Public Policy

by Joe Wallis, J. Wallis, B. Dollery

A global wave of reform is fundamentally reshaping the role of the state in national economies. This book provides a fresh and accessible perspective on the political economy of this megatrend. It traces the theoretical roots of the reforms to developments in public economics which emphasize problems of government rather than market failure. It then breaks new ground in developing an economic theory of leadership to explain how policy leadership networks...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333734238
• ISBN13: 9780333734230
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"