Reclaiming Individualism: Perspectives on Public Policy

by Paul Spicker

This book is about individualist ideas, and how they shape contemporary approaches to public policy. If we were to believe the existing literature, we might think that only markets can satisfy people's needs, and that any collective concept of welfare compromises individual welfare. The price mechanism is taken to be the best way to allocate resources, and it is assumed that individualised responses to need must be better than general ones.Reclaiming...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1447309081
• ISBN13: 9781447309086
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"