The private abuse of the public interest : market myths and policy muddles

Publication Data

• Title The private abuse of the public interest : market myths and policy muddles
• Author Lawrence D. Brown
• Contributor Lawrence R. Jacobs
• Publisher University of Chicago Press
• Publication date 2008
• Publication location Chicago, Ill.
• Language English

Contents

A return to realism
Markets and policy: from pragmatic realism to dogmatic utopianism
Cycles of reform: formulation and ratification of market utopianism
Cycles of reform: institutional reality and the dystopia of markets
The democratic disconnect and the growth of government
Pragmatic policy in the marketplace of ideas.

Topics

• Public administration :: United States
• Public welfare :: Contracting out :: United States
• Public-private sector cooperation :: United States
• Social service :: Contracting out :: United States
• United States :: Economic policy
• United States

The private abuse of the public interest : market myths and policy muddles by Lawrence D. Brown. ISBN 9780226076430. Published by University of Chicago Press in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.