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Author:   Clifford Winston
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Brookings Institution
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.10cm
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9780815739326

ISBN 10:   081573932
Pages:   308
Publication Date:   17 August 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"""Contents: Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Perspectives on Government and Markets and the Scope and Content of the Analysis Part I: Markets Helping Government Address Economic Goals 3. Why Markets Can Help Government Address Economic Goals 4. Protecting Consumers against Anticompetitive Behavior 5. Protecting Consumers When Technology Appears to Prevent Price Competition 6. Enabling Individuals to Make More-Informed Decisions 7. Addressing Negative Externalities Efficiently 8. Improving Public Production 9. Encouraging Innovations by Firms and Individuals Part II: How Markets Can Help Government Accomplish Social Goals 10. Why Markets Could Help Government Achieve Social Goals 11. Reducing Poverty 12. Fairness in Labor Markets 13. Merit Goods 14. Expanding the Role of Markets to Help Address Social Goals Policies Part III: Synthesizing the Evidence: Policy Inefficiencies and Efforts to Explain Them 15. Government Policy Inefficiencies and Efforts to Explain Them 16. Markets Helping Government 17. Some Broader Implications of Markets Helping Government Part IV: Markets Helping Government: A Robustness Test and Proactive Perspective 18. Market and Government Responses to COVID-19: A Robustness Test 19. Conclusion: Advancing the Perspective of Markets Helping Government Notes References Index """

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Clifford Winston makes a spirited yet nuanced case for enlisting market forces to achieve social goals. Winston buttresses his case with hundreds of examples, some anecdotal and some from scholarly research. Both policymakers and concerned citizens will find much of value in this volume. --Harvey Rosen, John L. Weinberg Professor of Economics and Business Policy Emeritus, Princeton University This book is a breath of fresh air in the current atmosphere in which reformers on both the left and right ignore the forces of markets. Winston convincingly explains that these reformers are mistaken. Instead, government and markets are complementary methods to be used together to achieve society's goals. This is a must-read for current policymakers. --Dennis W. Carlton, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business We are in a moment in which the public has lost faith in both capitalism and economists--for many reasons. But whatever you think our public objectives should be--reducing inequity, engendering long-term growth, fighting climate change, fighting COVID-19--markets will be a critical part of the solution. Clifford Winston's Gaining Ground is a panoramic book on the interplay between market forces and government that is essential to achieving these and other social goals. --Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, Harvard University

We are in a moment in which the public has lost faith in both capitalism and economists for many reasons. But whatever you think our public objectives should be reducing inequity, engendering long-term growth, fighting climate change, fighting COVID-19 markets will be a critical part of the solution. Clifford Winston's Gaining Ground is a panoramic book on the interplay between market forces and government that is essential to achieving these and other social goals. -Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, Harvard University This book is a breath of fresh air in the current atmosphere in which reformers on both the left and right ignore the forces of markets. Winston convincingly explains that these reformers are mistaken. Instead, government and markets are complementary methods to be used together to achieve society's goals. This is a must-read for current policymakers. -Dennis W. Carlton, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

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Clifford Winston, the Searle Freedom Trust Senior Fellow in the Brookings Institution's Economic Studies program, has been with Brookings since 1984. He is an applied microeconomist who specializes in the analysis of industrial organization, regulation, and transportation. His most recent book is Trouble at the Bar (Brookings).

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