In almost every liberal democratic society, an issue that is a
topic of constant and passionate public discussion is how much that
country's ministers, legislators, senior civil servants, and senior
judges should be paid. Nor is this surprising; the issue has
considerable voyeuristic appeal, particular democratic
significance, and important ramifications for the functioning of
the public sector as a whole. However, like most political debates,
these discussions tend to be messy, fragmented, and full of
unverified assertions and spurious appeals to populist sentiment.
It is hardly surprising that those discussions rarely succeed in
putting the matter to rest. Paying Our High Public Officials
examines the political discourse concerning this question in 17
liberal democracies (Canada, the United States, Mexico, Norway,
Finland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany,
Austria, Switzerland, France, Poland, Italy, Hong Kong, Singapore,
and New Zealand). Based on many hundreds of parliamentary debates,
newspaper articles, speeches, as well as reports by think tanks and
high commissions of state, the book identifies seven central
arguments that occur in all these societies, translates them into
the language of analytical philosophy, and then rigorously
evaluates them. This approach contributes to a better understanding
of this controversy and may result in better-justified and more
legitimate conclusions concerning which policy to adopt.
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