Regulation, The Constitution, and the Economy - Couverture souple

Edwards, James Rolfe

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0761812628 ISBN 13 : 9780761812623

Editeur : University Press Of America, 1998

Synopsis

Regulation, The Constitution, and the Economy demonstrates the constitutionally degraded and inherently dictatorial character of regulation, its ineffectiveness in curing social ills, and its use as a tool of special interests seeking personal gain in the form of money or power. Regulation became prominent in the late medieval mercantile rent seeking societies, but was little used in the United States until after the Civil War. The author demonstrates the nature of regulation as antithetical to constitutional forms of law, and an antidemocratic franchising of legitimate legislative authority to unelected persons. He provides a history of industry regulation using transportation and public utilities that belies the public interest justification for such regulation and makes its rent-seeking origins clear. The history of social regulation proves less clear, but shows the public harmed more than helped by it, as exhibited through its enormous negative effect on productivity growth and economic activity.

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À propos de l'auteur

James Rolph Edwards obtained his B.S. in political science from Brigham Young University in 1969. After a stint in the army, Edwards attended the University of Utah and earned his Ph.D. in economics in 1983. Since 1988, he has taught economics and political science at Montana State University Northern in Havre, Montana. Edwards has published four previous books on economic topics along with numerous journal articles.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Press Of America
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0761812628
• ISBN 13: 9780761812623
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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