Government Failure & Over-Government by Colin Robinson

Government Failure & Over-Government by Colin Robinson

In the fifth volume of "The Collected Works of Arthur Seldon", Arthur Seldon uses public choice economics research to support his theory of over-government. The term "over-government" was coined by Seldon and is defined as the failure of governments to govern well, leading the public to avoid government programs in favour of markets. Seldon explains how the results of government programs are always at odds with what the people would have chosen for themselves, because governments seek to impose taxes and legislature based on their own agendas. This increasing control and restraint by the government will continue to force people to abandon those ineffective programs for more open markets and other countries that support them. Seldon argues that government bureaucrats rely too heavily on unions, labour groups, and lobbyists and act in their own interest instead of opening those options up to the people they serve. Seldon purports that any government that continues to force its own views and desires on the unwilling public will lead to its own demise as the public searches elsewhere for a more representative democracy.

Seldon, Arthur: - Arthur Seldon was the Editorial Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs from the late 1950s until the later 1980s. At the IEA, he directed a publishing programme that included some of the world's most eminent economists, including FA Hayek and Milton Friedman. Arthur Seldon was a prolific author and one of the most influential economists of the late twentieth century.

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ISBN 13	9780865975545
ISBN 10	086597554X
Title	Government Failure & Over-Government
Author	Colin Robinson
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Liberty Fund Inc
Year published	2005-05-01
Number of pages	201
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