The Political Economy of the Dynamic Nature of Government Intervention: An Introduction to Potentials and Problems

Abstract

In almost all aspects of social life government intervention seems much more pervasive and intrusive today than ever before – at least in many of the Western countries. Governments seem year by year to consume still more resources and to regulate the details of the actions and interactions of their citizens still further.

Citation

Kurrild-Klitgaard, P. (2004), "The Political Economy of the Dynamic Nature of Government Intervention: An Introduction to Potentials and Problems", Kurrild-Klitgaard, P. (Ed.) The Dynamics of Intervention: Regulation and Redistribution in the Mixed Economy (Advances in Austrian Economics, Vol. 8), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 3-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1529-2134(05)08001-4