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A U-Turn on the Road to Serfdom : Prospects for Reducing the Size of the State.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, United Kingdom :
London Publishing Partnership,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword; Acknowledgements; Summary; Tables and figures; A U-turn on the road to serfdom: prospects for reducing the size of the state; Grover Norquist; The 'leave us alone' coalition; The authors; Conflict among the opponents of liberty: the 'takings coalition'; Pledging not to increase taxes; Reducing spending; The Ryan budget; The role of inter-state competition in widening the 'leave us alone' coalition; Changing the demographics; Conclusion; Questions and discussion; _GoBack; The modern Leviathan state, its growth and consequences; David B. Smith.
- Table 1Ratios of general government expenditure, including transfers, to money GDP at market prices (%)Where does the money go?; Figure 1Ratios of UK general government expenditure and residual private sector to UK GDP measured at factor cost 1870-2012; Table 2March 2013 budget forecasts for UK public spending by function and government receipts in 2013-14; The impact of tax and spending on growth; Competing theories of economic growth; Figure 2Effect of tax-financed public spending increase in post-neoclassical endogenous growth model.
- Figure 3UK real non-oil GDP 1997 Q1 to 2013 Q3 seems to reveal a supply withdrawal in practiceFigure 4OECD real GDP 1997 Q1 to 2013 Q2 also seems to reveal a supply withdrawal; Impact of government spending and taxation on growth: evidence from econometric models; Table 3Estimated effects on economic growth of increased public spending between 1960 and 2013; Fiscal stabilisation literature; Conclusion; References; Taxpayers for fiscal decentralisation; Matthew Sinclair; Fiscal decentralisation leads to better results for taxpayers; Decentralisation and competition in practice.
- Fiscal decentralisation delivers smaller and more efficient governmentFiscal decentralisation delivers stronger economic growth; Fiscal decentralisation can be delivered in the United Kingdom; Tax raising options for decentralised local government; Conclusion; References; Fostering a European 'leave us alone' coalition; Nima Sanandaji; Special interests and public sector expansion; The case of the French farmers; Public bureaucrats as a special interest; That which is seen, and that which is not seen; Shifting towards small government; Voice, exit and loyalty.
- Challenging the government monopoly in the provision of welfare servicesThe Pysslingen revolution; Steps towards more use of markets in welfare; Privatising pensions; 'Workfare' not welfare; Making taxes visible; Conclusion; References.