U-Turn on the Road to Serfdom
Prospects for Reducing the Size of the State
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Erschienen am 20. März 2014
138 Seiten
978-0-255-36670-0 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
This book suggests that drastic reforms are required to reverse the ever-increasing size of the state, a trend experienced in most western nations. The report proposes a reassessment of the scale of government to achieve a reduction in taxation and spending.
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Inhalt
- Intro
- _GoBack
- Table?1 Ratios of general government expenditure, including transfers, to money GDP at market prices (%)
- Table?2 March 2013 budget forecasts for UK public spending by function and government receipts in 2013-14
- Table?3 Estimated effects on economic growth of increased public spending between 1960 and 2013
- Figure?1 Ratios of UK general government expenditure and residual private sector to UK GDP measured at factor cost 1870-2012
- Figure?2 Effect of tax-financed public spending increase in post-neoclassical endogenous growth model
- Figure?3 UK real non-oil GDP 1997 Q1 to 2013 Q3 seems to reveal a supply withdrawal in practice
- Figure?4 OECD real GDP 1997 Q1 to 2013 Q2 also seems to reveal a supply withdrawal
- The authors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Summary
- Tables and figures
- A U-turn on the road to serfdom: prospects for reducing the size of the state
- Grover Norquist
- The 'leave us alone' coalition
- Conflict among the opponents of liberty: the 'takings coalition'
- Pledging not to increase taxes
- Reducing spending
- The Ryan budget
- The role of inter-state competition in widening the 'leave us alone' coalition
- Changing the demographics
- Conclusion
- Questions and discussion
- The modern Leviathan state, its growth and consequences
- David B. Smith
- Where does the money go?
- The impact of tax and spending on growth
- Competing theories of economic growth
- Impact of government spending and taxation on growth: evidence from econometric models
- Fiscal stabilisation literature
- Conclusion
- References
- Taxpayers for fiscal decentralisation
- Matthew Sinclair
- Fiscal decentralisation leads to better results for taxpayers
- Decentralisation and competition in practice
- Fiscal decentralisation delivers smaller and more efficient government
- Fiscal decentralisation delivers stronger economic growth
- Fiscal decentralisation can be delivered in the United Kingdom
- Tax raising options for decentralised local government
- Conclusion
- References
- Fostering a European 'leave us alone' coalition
- Nima Sanandaji
- Special interests and public sector expansion
- The case of the French farmers
- Public bureaucrats as a special interest
- That which is seen, and that which is not seen
- Shifting towards small government
- Voice, exit and loyalty
- Challenging the government monopoly in the provision of welfare services
- The Pysslingen revolution
- Steps towards more use of markets in welfare
- Privatising pensions
- 'Workfare' not welfare
- Making taxes visible
- Conclusion
- References
