The Private Abuse of the Public Interest: Market Myths and Policy Muddles (Chicago Studies in American Politics (CHUP))

by LD Brown (Author)

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  2008

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  Despite George W Bush's opposition to big government, federal spending increased under his watch more quickly than it did during the Clinton administration. This book shows that efforts to expand markets and shrink government have the ironic effect of expanding government's reach by creating problems that force legislators to enact new rules.