Public Purpose

Author : Mariana Mazzucato
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781946511706

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Public Purpose by Mariana Mazzucato Pdf

How governments can spur growth and innovation to solve their greatest challenges—from green energy to national security to building resilient health systems. Known around the world for challenging mainstream economics, economist Mariana Mazzucato believes that “the public sector can and should be a co-creator of wealth that actively steers growth to meet its goals” (The Financial Times). In The Mission-Driven Economy, she calls on governments to create the economies we need today. Mazzucato’s challenge leads off a debate on the revival of Industrial policy—roughly defined as deliberate government action to re(shape) the economy. Industrial policy has fallen out of favor in recent decades as economists defer to free markets to produce innovation and growth. Yet today thinkers across the political spectrum have begun expressing new interest in industrial policy as a way to address the most serious problems of our times: from national security and climate change, to the market’s underfunding of public goods, to sluggish economic growth and labor market dysfunction. Together, contributors make a compelling case for industrial policy—what it is, and why we need it now. Addressing investment, innovation, supply chains, and growth, they offer a robust vision of a renewed industrial policy, and what it can offer the US economy in the face of climate change and a global pandemic.

Author : John Kenneth Galbraith
Publisher : Boston : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0395172063

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Economics and the Public Purpose by John Kenneth Galbraith Pdf

Criticism of the present economic system of the USA and proposals for comprehensive economic policy reform - covers the general economic theory of advanced economic development, consumption, and the concept of the household, the market system in relation to the service sector and the self employed, economic planning, price policy, inflation, income distribution, fiscal policy, the environment, technological change, the role of women, etc.

Author : Alix R. Green
Publisher : Springer
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137520869

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History, Policy and Public Purpose by Alix R. Green Pdf

This book takes a fresh look at the connection between history and policy, proposing that historians rediscover a sense of ‘public purpose’ that can embrace political decision-making – and also enhance historical practice. Making policy is a complex and messy affair, calling on many different forms of expertise and historians have often been reluctant to get involved in policy advice, with those interested in ‘history in public’ tending to work with museums, heritage sites, broadcasters and community organisations. Green notes, however, that historians have also insisted that ‘history matters’ in public policy debate, and been critical of politicians’ distortions or neglect of the past. She argues that it is not possible to have it both ways.

Author : Helmut K. Anheier,Stefan Toepler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781461548935

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Private Funds, Public Purpose by Helmut K. Anheier,Stefan Toepler Pdf

Comparative information detailing the cultural, legal and historical environments of foundations in international settings has been scarce - until now. Written by scholars from six countries, this text covers philanthropic foundations in the world's busiest commercial centers - the U.S. and Eastern and Western Europe. It reports on the structures and mindsets that shape foundations' gift giving, and discusses different aspects of foundation management. Case studies of the French and Italian foundation communities and a comparative legal chapter are especially notable.

Author : Pedro J. Martinez-Fraga,C. Ryan Reetz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-19
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107081741

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Public Purpose in International Law by Pedro J. Martinez-Fraga,C. Ryan Reetz Pdf

This text explores how the public purpose doctrine reconciles the conflicting obligations that states have to engage in regulatory sovereignty while honoring host-state obligations to protect foreign investment. It examines the multiple permutations and iterations of the doctrine and the inherent fundamental flaws that lead to disparities in the relationship between investors and states.

Author : Tom Kent
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1988-05-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773561649

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Public Purpose by Tom Kent Pdf

From 1951 to 1971, Tom Kent was successively Assistant Editor of The Economist; Editor of the Winnipeg Free Press, confidant, adviser, and speechwriter to Opposition Leader Lester B. Pearson; leading light at the Kingston conference of 1960; policy consultant to the Liberal Party of Canada; candidate for Parliament against Tommy Douglas; "Co-ordinator of Progamming" (i.e., right-hand-man) in Pearson's PMO; Deputy Minister under Jean Marchand at Employment and Immigration; and first Deputy Minister, also under Marchand, at the new Department of Regional Economic Expansion. A Public Purpose is an account of Kent's experience as a central figure in the life of one of the most important governments of the last half century, and an agenda for unfinished business, suggesting policies for the present. His views on the events in which he was involved are strong and often unorthodox, but always consistent in their theme that politics should be conducted neither technocratically nor according to imperatives imposed by interest groups and the pork barrel. Instead, he argues, political parties should tell the people what they intend to do when they get into office and, once elected, should do it.

Author : Institute for Research on Public Policy,Canadian Comprehensive Auditing Foundation
Publisher : IRPP
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Education
ISBN : 0886451299

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Public Purse, Public Purpose by Institute for Research on Public Policy,Canadian Comprehensive Auditing Foundation Pdf

This document contain papers on the following topics: setting the stage for government and universities in Canada; experience in other countries; pressures and responses of universities in Canada; university governance and management; the perspective of four presidents on how universities in Canada view the opportunities and problems of a changing environment; and perspectives from outside the university.

Author : Michael Keaney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2000-12-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134614578

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Economist With a Public Purpose by Michael Keaney Pdf

This text discusses the continuing relevance of one of the most prominent economists of the twentieth century. The contributors explore the continuing relevance of Galbraith's arguments to current controversies and problems.

Author : Robert Jan Baken
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351770415

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Plotting, Squatting, Public Purpose and Politics by Robert Jan Baken Pdf

This title was first published in 2003. Since independence in 1947, India has undergone a phase of rapid urbanization. New planning laws have been passed, new organizations established, public policy documents and discussion papers prepared and a host of land and housing schemes have been implemented. Still, however, the vast majority of urban expansion is an unplanned process that takes the form of squatting and illegal or semi-legal land subdivision. By looking in detail at two rapidly growing cities in Andhra Pradesh (Vijayawada and Viaskhapatnam) this book explores cultural, physical-spatial, political and economic determinants of the allocation of urban land and of urban growth in India in historical context. It focuses on the interplay between the government and the organizations in charge of their implementation, and the private sector on the other. Special attention is given to the conditions of the urban poor, with the changes in their socio-economic conditions.

Author : Alex Murdock
Publisher : Springer
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349952144

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Private Action for Public Purpose by Alex Murdock Pdf

This book analyses the private provision of rescue and emergency services, and focuses on the emergence of the world’s largest rescue company, Falck. The author’s structured academic perspective is informed through close co-operation with Falck, which operates in 44 countries and across 6 continents. The chapters examine aspects of reliability, culture, innovation, trust, governance and business development within rescue and emergency services, including differentiation, internationalisation and globalisation. Drawing on detailed case studies of Falck’s global work in the USA, Columbia, India and Denmark, Private Action for Public Purpose is instructive for students and researchers of business and management, and will provide value for emergency responders, managers, policy-makers and organisations involved in emergency response and crisis management.

Author : Gill Owen
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Energy conservation
ISBN : 0719050251

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Public Purpose Or Private Benefit? by Gill Owen Pdf

Emphasizing their evolution between the oil embargo of the 1970s and the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, examines energy conservation policies in Denmark, the Netherlands, Britain, the US, Australia, and Japan. Analyzes the role of governments through incentives, regulation, and energy pricing, and the influence of electricity and gas companies whose main interest is selling more energy. Finds a significant new focus on energy efficiency and its private benefits to consumers. Distributed in the US by St. Martin's Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : James Augustine Shannon,United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Federal aid
ISBN : STANFORD:36105117868542

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Health Activities: Federal Expenditures and Public Purpose by James Augustine Shannon,United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations Pdf

Author : John I. Goodlad,Timothy J. McMannon
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1997-03-12
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015035734659

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The Public Purpose of Education and Schooling by John I. Goodlad,Timothy J. McMannon Pdf

"I have been waiting for this book for a decade. In an age in which the national debate on school reform is concerned principally with tactics and process, this volume focuses on the most important of all questions. What is the purpose of school? How do we know if a school is working? The authors are the most highly regarded names in education. This is an important book for anyone interested in schooling in America today." -- Arthur Levine, president, Teachers College, Columbia University

Author : Josh Ryan-Collins
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781509523290

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Why Can't You Afford a Home? by Josh Ryan-Collins Pdf

Throughout the Western world, a whole generation is being priced out of the housing market. For millions of people, particularly millennials, the basic goal of acquiring decent, affordable accommodation is a distant dream. Leading economist Josh Ryan-Collins argues that to understand this crisis, we must examine a crucial paradox at the heart of modern capitalism. The interaction of private home ownership and a lightly regulated commercial banking system leads to a feedback cycle. Unlimited credit and money flows into an inherently finite supply of property, which causes rising house prices, declining home ownership, rising inequality and debt, stagnant growth and financial instability. Radical reforms are needed to break the cycle. This engaging and topical book will be essential reading for anyone who wants to understand why they can’t find an affordable home, and what we can do about it.

Author : Dwight H. Merriam,Mary Massaron Ross
Publisher : American Bar Association
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 159031638X

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Eminent Domain Use and Abuse by Dwight H. Merriam,Mary Massaron Ross Pdf

This book is a comprehensive analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Kelo v. City of New London. It addresses the controversial and important question of when eminent domain may constitutionally be used to take property for projects that are not publicly owned and operated facilities, such as schools and town halls. The volume captures and conveys the context within which this debate is taking place as well as offers guidance concerning the Kelo decision itself and how it may be used.