Understanding the Private-Public Divide: Markets, Governments, and Time Horizons

ISBN-13: 9781108791663 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022

Avner Offer

Opis

A distinctive new account of why markets focus on short-term goals, while government needs to concentrate on society's long-term interests.

Recenzje

'Thought-provoking to the end, Offer has written a highly stimulating, readable book of immense intellectual use to the study of the past and to the present's consideration of its approach to the future.' Martin Chick, EH.net (Economic History Association)

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Patient capital; 2. Corruption and integrity; 3. Plutocratic blowback; 4. Creating humans; 5. Exit from work; 6. Housing and democracy; 7. Climate change and time horizons; Conclusion.