The Private Abuse of the Public Interest: Market Myths and Policy Muddles

by Lawrence D. Brown (Author), Lawrence R. Jacobs (Author)

: markets are less adept at providing policy solutions than is commonly accepted; markets and public interventions are not irreconcilable opposites; and even those most ardent about rolling back state power now recognize that government is here to stay.

conservatives' moves to expand markets and thus cut government have more often than not actually resulted in more government and more regulation.