ECONOMIC IDEAS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

In: Political studies, Band 23, Heft 2-3, S. 380-389

Abstract

ECONOMISTS HAVE INCREASING INFLUENCE UPON GOVERNMENT DECISIONS, AND ADMINISTRATORS INCREASINGLY LEARN SOME ECONOMICS. THE ARTICLE TRACES THE DIRECTIONS OF ECONOMIC INFLUENCE UPON GOVERNMENT DECISIONS, SUGGESTING THAT THE TENDENCY IS OFTEN TO SEE GOVERNMENT AS LIKE ONE LARGE FIRM, WHOSE OUTPUT SHOULD BE MAXIMIZED. THE BASIS OF THIS BELIEF IS CRITICALLY SCRUTINISHED.