Limited Government: The Public Sector in the Auto-Industrial Age

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Peter Murphy (La Trobe University, Australia and The Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Australia)

Limited Government

The Public Sector in the Auto-Industrial Age

Peter Murphy (La Trobe University, Australia and The Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Australia)

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Routledge
09 October 2018

Sociology; Public finance

This book explores why, despite increased government spending on income-support, health and education, the costs of public goods are rising and their quality is declining. Charting the rise of big government, the author identifies a growing divergence between public-sector ideals and the realities of troubled political economies grappling with debt, deficits, ageing populations, improvident social insurance, declining education test scores and multiplying health costs. Limited Government analyzes in detail the social and political factors in major economies that drive up public spending, as well as the relationship between spending and outcomes. By developing an alternate model of public finances, and engaging in a critique of the managerial society, the author emphasizes the positive effects of self-management, social self-organization and technological automation, arguing that high-quality, low-cost goods are the result of nations that save, not states that tax. A sociological account of public finances, Limited Government outlines how governments can spend less and yet help ensure good broad equitable standards of health, education and income security.

By: Peter Murphy (La Trobe University Australia and The Cairns Institute James Cook University Australia)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 476g
ISBN: 9781138894631
ISBN 10: 113889463X
Pages: 222
Publication Date: 09 October 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter Murphy is Adjunct Professor in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at La Trobe University, Australia and Adjunct Professor in The Cairns Institute at James Cook University, Australia. He is the author of Auto-Industrialism: DIY Capitalism and the Rise of the Auto-Industrial Society (2017), Universities and Innovation Economies: The Creative Wasteland of Post-Industrial Societies (2015) and The Collective Imagination: The Creative Spirit of Free Societies (2012).