The Private Abuse of the Public Interest: Market Myths and Policy Muddles

by Lawrence D. Brown and Lawrence R. Jacobs

Book Overview

Despite George W. Bush's professed opposition to big government, federal spending has increased under his watch more quickly than it did during the Clinton administration, and demands on government have continued to grow. Why? Lawrence Brown and Lawrence Jacobs show that conservative efforts to expand markets and shrink government often have the ironic effect of expanding government's reach by creating problems that force legislators to enact new...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226076431
• ISBN13: 9780226076430
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 5.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.2"