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quality of governance is recognized not high enough. And if the effectiveness of government programs still considered quite …
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Russian Federation, but these approaches didn't influence on government system and decision-making mechanism. To reach … government need to be changed. Also they need to be re-oriented from mastering of budget money and formal closure of current … orders to planning, reaching, monitoring and evaluation of performance results of government with every given level of …
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The proposition that increases in tax rates discourage market- sector production and may therefore, beyond a certain level, be counterproductive in raising tax revenue is an old issue in the eco- nomic literature. Its recent revival has generated considerable con- troversy and interest among...
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In order for a society to use its resources efficiently, property rights must be well defined, enforced, and transferable. By now, this basic conclusion of the modern property rights literature needs little defense. Examples abound of the resource waste that occurs when actors do not bear the...
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The history of taxation from the earliest ages has been the history of the attempts of one class to make other classes pay the expenses, or an undue share of the expenses, of the Govern- ment. Aristocrats have always been trying to shift the taxes on to the people, and the people on to the...
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At the outset I think it is important to recognize a fundamental con- ceptual distinction. That distinction is between wildlife as an input into a production process and wildlife as an output valued by hu- mans. The nature of economic goods is such that raw inputs are sel- dom valued for...
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least call for both a “minimalstate’’andasharplimitationuponthescopeandthelevel of government activity. This … insistence upon limited government, especially in the area of economic regulation, has greater intellec- tual and popular … intervention in environmental matters, even by those who see themselves as hostile to big government... …
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The contemporary American city serves as evidence of government failure and as a focal point for crisismongering. In … city is most responsive to human aspirations when government is least intrusive. At no point do I argue that the market …, though I do favor drastically diminished government interven- tion in the cities, both to improve the potential for economic …
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of exchange are not determined by buyers and sellers, however, but by the government or a legislature, then the assurance … of mutual advantage breaks down. Indeed, if the government sets the terms of exchange (by price fixing, for instance …
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20 years, what had been a classic division of functions between the Federal Government and the States and localities has … become a confused mess. Traditional understandings about the roles of each level of government have been violated." The … source of the problem has been the intrusion of the federal government into many state and local matters with a consequent …
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