The Public Use of Private Interest

by Charles L. Schultze

Book Overview

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According to conventional wisdom, government may intervene when private markets fail to provide goods and services that society values. This view has led to the passage of much legislation and the creation of a host of agencies that have attempted, by exquisitely detailed regulations, to compel legislatively defined behavior in a broad range of activities affecting society as a whole--health care, housing, pollution abatement, transportation,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815777612
• ISBN13: 9780815777618
• Release Date: August 1977
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.6" x 8.5"