An Overgoverned Society [SIGNED FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Wallis, W. Allen

Verlag: The Free Press / A Division of Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 1976

Beschreibung

Fine condition navy blue cloth boards with gold spine lettering contained in a very good condition non price-clipped dust jacket. Includes Preface; Notes; and Index. Signed and inscribed by the author with black Sharpie/marker at the top left corner of the title page (see photograph). "Government power, however worthy the objectives for which it is established, inevitably forges fetters for freedom." - From the Opening Essay "The idea that "that government governs best which governs least" has rarely been more provocatively pursued or more surely defended; furthermore, the defense here is expressed through trenchant analyses of contemporary events and trends. Challenging the assumptions that have led to decades of increasing government intervention in many aspects of our social and economic life, the author lucidly describes the limits, failures, and follies of this tendency toward "an over-governed society. Wi. Allen Wallis is a distinguished economist, statistician, teacher, author and member of several Presidential Commissions. In this collection of original speeches, essays, and other writings, he deflates the rhetoric of Federal economic and regulatory policies and offers a ringing warning against the pervasive government controls that are now threatening both individual freedoms and the national economy. On the effect of over-government on the people: Today, it is hard to think of any area of private affairs in which the Federal government is reluctant to intervene. The term 'rule of law' now is coming to mean that all activities and relations between people should be regulated by law.Instead of protecting freedom, the rule of law annihilates freedom." On the effect of over-government on the economy: "If we.take a long view of the future of our economy, what we see is an enormous, vigorous, and innovative giant being entangled in a net, and gradually nibbled away by minnows.l" These perceptive essays, in addition to offering a sound perspective on a wide range of issues - bureaucratic regulations, taxes, inflation, Federal spending, prices, the welfare state - also consistently elaborate one theme: "The problem is what Walter Lippmannn called 'the sickness of an over-governed society,' and the question is, what can we do to cure that sickness?" About the Author: W. Allen Wallis was Chancellor and Professor of Economics and Statistics at the University of Rochester. He was previously on the faculties of Yale University, Stanford University, and the University of Chicago, and has worked for the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Office of Scientific Research and Development, and the Ford Foundation. He was a research economist in the Roosevelt administration, a Special Assistant to President Eisenhower, and a member of five Presidential Commissions. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 001564

Bibliografische Details

Titel: An Overgoverned Society [SIGNED FIRST ...

Verlag: The Free Press / A Division of Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1976

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

Auflage: 1st Edition