Title: The grabbing hand
First published: 1998
Description: In many countries, public sector institutions impose heavy burdens on economic life: heavy and arbitrary taxes retard investment, regulations enrich corrupt bureaucrats, state firms consume national wealth, and the most talented people turn to rent-seeking rather than productive activities. The authors of this collection of essays describe many of these pathologies of a grabbing hand government and examine their consequences for growth.
Subjects: Government business enterprises, Government ownership, Political aspects, Political aspects of Trade regulation, Political corruption, Privatization, Trade regulation, Ownership & organization of enterprises, Political science & theory, Public finance, Public Ownership, Business & Economics, Politics / Current Events, Business/Economics, General, Government & Business, Government business enterprise
LC classification: HD3850 .S5 1998