Title Public goods, public enterprise, public choice : theoretical foundations of the contemporary attack on government / Hugh Stretton and Lionel Orchard

Published New York : St. Martin's Press ; Basingstoke : Macmillan Press, 1994

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Description ix, 301 pages ; 22 cm Contents 1. Motives -- 2. A Very Short History -- 3. Public Goods -- 4. Public Enterprise -- 5. Public Choice: The Attempt -- 6. Public Choice: Living with Failure -- 7. What to do Instead: How to Mix a Mixed Economy -- 8. How to Think Instead: The Resources of Political Theory Summary "The public economy, bureaucracy and processes of democratic government have a bad name in many western societies, a reputation reinforced by recent theories of public goods, public enterprise and public choice. This book reviews and challenges these theories on three fronts. Firstly, public action reflects a range of human motivations including material interests and social and moral commitments, not just the individual self-interest that lies at the explanatory heart of the three theories. Secondly, the productivity and social quality of modern economies reflect the diverse contributions of commercial, domestic and public economic realms, contributions not captured by theories assuming the inherent superiority of private markets. Thirdly, old and new ideas within established traditions of political thought justify more constructive government to produce more equal societies and to provide the institutional supports essential for full human development and diverse social life. Such arguments go far beyond standard libertarian and liberal rationales for limited government."--BOOK JACKET Analysis Economic conditions Economic policy Government business enterprises Public goods Social choice Bureaucracy Government business enterprises Overseas item Private sector Private sector public sector comparisons Public goods Social choice Notes Includes index and bibliography Bibliography Bibliography: pages 286-296 Subject Economic policy. Government business enterprises. Public goods. Social choice. Author Orchard, Lionel. LC no. 93031621 ISBN 0312107420 (U.S.) 0333607244 (U.K. : hbk.) 0333607252 (U.K. : pbk.)

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