The Cult of Efficiency

by Janice Gross Stein

Book Overview

We live in an age dominated by the cult of efficiency. Efficiency in the raging debate about public goods is often used as a code word to advance political agendas. When it is used correctly, efficiency is important: it must always be part of the conversation when resources are scarce and citizens and governments have important choices to make among competing priorities. Even when the language of efficiency is used carefully, that language alone...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887846785
• ISBN13: 9780887846786
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: House of Anansi Press
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.9"