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Promoting the General Welfare - New Perspectives on Government Performance (Paperback, annotated edition)
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Promoting the General Welfare - New Perspectives on Government Performance (Paperback, annotated edition)
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"The U.S. Constitution calls on the government to ""promote the
general welfare."" In this provocative and innovative book, a
distinguished roster of political scientists and economists
evaluates its ability to carry out this task. The first section of
the book analyzes government performance in the areas of health,
transportation, housing, and education, suggesting why suboptimal
policies often prevail. The second set of chapters examines two
novel and sometimes controversial tools that can be used to improve
policy design: information markets and laboratory experiments.
Finally, the third part of the book asks how three key
institutions-Congress, the party system, and federalism-affect
government's ability to solve important social problems. These
chapters also raise the disturbing possibility that recent
political developments have contributed to a decline in
governmental problem-solving activity. Taken together, the essays
in this volume suggest that opportunities to promote the common
good are frequently missed in modern American government. But the
book also carries a more hopeful message. By identifying possible
solutions to the problems created by weak incentives, poor
information, and inadequate institutional capacity, Promoting the
General Welfare shows how government performance can be improved.
Contributors include Eugene Bardach (University of
California-Berkeley), Sarah Binder (Brookings Institution and
George Washington University), Morris P. Fiorina (Stanford
University), Jay P. Greene (University of Arkansas), Robin Hanson
(George Mason University), Charles A. Holt (University of
Virginia), David R. Mayhew (Yale University), Edgar O. Olsen
(University of Virginia), Mark Carl Rom (Georgetown University),
Roberta Romano (Yale Law School), William M. Shobe (University of
Virginia), Angela M. Smith (University of Virginia), Aidan R.
Vining (Simon Fraser University), David L. Weimer (University of
Wisconsin-Madison), and Clifford Winston (Brookings Institution). "
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