Public Spirit in the Thrift Tragedy

by Mark C. Rom

Winner of the Harold Lasswell Award of the American Political Science AssociationThe FSFIC failed spectacularly during the 1980s, costing taxpayers an estimated $200 billion. In this award-winning analysis, Rom examines the political causes of this \u201cthrift tragedy.\u201d He directly confronts-and rejects-the dominant scholarly \u201cpublic choice\u201d view that public officials were motivated mainly be self-interest. Instead, Rom argues that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822956004
• ISBN13: 9780822956006
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"