J. Rodriguez, S. Loomis, J. Weeres

The Cost of Institutions

Information and Freedom in Expanding Economies

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Contesting prior assumptions that institutions simplify the world for the sake of efficiency, this book argues that rather than institution expansion indicating the movement of markets to optimal states, expanding institutions generate information costs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us / Palgrave Macmillan US
• 2007 edition
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9781349538256
• ISBN-10: 1349538256
• Artikelnr.: 45078832

Autorenporträt

JACOB P. RODRIGUEZ received his Ph.D. from the Claremont Graduate University. His current research interests include institutional change, the behavior of information in the economy, collective decision-making, and philosophies of education. STEVEN R. LOOMIS serves on the faculty of Wheaton College in Illinois. His research interests include the political economy of institutions worldwide. JOSEPH G. WEERES received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and is Professor Emeritus at The Claremont Graduate University. His research focuses on institutional development, leadership and policy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Expansion Under Uncertainty The State: An Information Theory
Establishing Direction in Production: The Special Case of Education The
Individual and Collective in Education Politics and Markets: The Logic of
Convergence Market Failure in the Preservation of Liberty

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Introduction Expansion Under Uncertainty The State: An Information Theory Establishing Direction in Production: The Special Case of Education The Individual and Collective in Education Politics and Markets: The Logic of Convergence Market Failure in the Preservation of Liberty