Title A u-turn on the road to serfdom : prospects for reducing the size of the state / Grover Norquist ; with contributions by Nima Sanandaji, Matthew Sinclair, David B. Smith

Published London : The Institute of Economic Affairs, 2014

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Description 1 online resource Series IEA Hayak memorial lecture Occasional paper (Institute of Economic Affairs (Great Britain)) ; 150 IEA Hayek memorial lecture. Occasional paper (Institute of Economic Affairs (Great Britain)) ; 150. Contents A u-turn on the road to serfdom : prospects for reducing the size of the state / Grover Norquist -- Questions and discussion -- The modern Leviathan state, its growth and consequences / David B. Smith -- Taxpayers for fiscal decentralization / Matthew Sinclair -- Fostering a European 'leave us alone' coalition / Nima Sanandaji -- About the IEA Summary Governments throughout the Western world are spending at levels that could not have been imagined by pre-war economists - even by people such as Keynes. High levels of government spending have had a significant effect on economic growth and on economic freedom. In his 2013 Hayek lecture, Grover Norquist, founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform, explains how the tide can be turned. He discusses both the political and economic mechanisms necessary to effect change. In three commentaries on the lecture, economists set the UK and European context and discuss how policy changes on this side of the Atlantic can make our economies more conducive to reform. Such reforms are necessary, argue all the authors, to ensure that we have dynamic economies in which governments serve the needs of their citizens rather than simply tax and spend more.-Back cover Notes " ... 2014 IEA annual Hayek memorial lecture."--Page x Bibliography Bibliographical references included at end of each chapter Notes Vendor-supplied metadata Subject Government spending policy. Finance, Public. Economic policy. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Public Finance. Economic policy Finance, Public Government spending policy SUBJECT United States -- Economic policy -- 21st century Great Britain -- Economic policy -- 21st century Europe -- Economic policy -- 21st century Subject Europe Great Britain United States Form Electronic book Author Sanandaji, Nima, 1981- Sinclair, Matthew. Smith, David B. (David Brian), 1946- Institute of Economic Affairs (Great Britain) ISBN 9780255366694 0255366698 0255366868 9780255366861 9780255366700 0255366701

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