Public Policy and the Quality of Life: Market Incentives Versus Government Planning

by Randall G. Holcombe

This volume argues that the virtues of the market system, private property, and freedom of exchange can be applied to enhance the quality of life. Although people recognize in the abstract that markets work better than government in allocating resources, government's presence in the economy increases as government intervenes to deal with different problems. This book shows how the market mechanism that has enhanced material well-being is better...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313293589
• ISBN13: 9780313293580
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"