The Half-Life of Policy Rationales: How New Technology Affects Old Policy Issues

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE The Half-Life of Policy Rationales by Fred E. Foldvary, Daniel B. Klein Discusses the effects of technology advances on public policy and management of natural resources. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "The Half-Life of Policy Rationales" argues that the appropriateness of policy depends on the state of technology, and that the justifications for many public policies are dissolving as technology advances. As new detection and metering technologies are being developed for highways, parking, and auto emissions, and information becomes more accessible and user-friendly, this volume argues that quality and safety are better handled by the private sector. As for public utilities, new means of producing and delivering electricity, water, postal, and telephone services dissolve the old natural-monopolies rationales of the government. This volume includes essays on marine resources, lighthouses, highways, parking, auto emissions, consumer product safety, money and banking, medical licensing, electricity, water delivery, postal service, community governance, and endangered species. The editors have mobilized the hands-on knowledge of field experts to develop theories about technology and public policy. "The Half-Life of Policy Rationales" will be of interest to readers in public policy, technology, property rights, and economics. Author Biography Fred E. Foldvary is a Lecturer in Economics at Santa Clara University. He is author of Public Goods and Private Communities and Dictionary of Free Market Economics. Daniel B. Klein is Associate Professor of Economics at Santa Clara University. He is co-author of Curb Rights: A Foundation for Free Enterprise in Urban Transit and editor of Reputation: Studies in the Voluntary Elicitation of Good Conduct and What Do Economists Contribute?, available from NYU Press. Table of Contents part i Metering, Excluding, and Charging1 Technology, Marine Conservation, and Fisheries Management2 The Lighthouse as a Private-Sector Collective Good3 Motorway Financing and Provision: Technology Favors a New Approach4 Buying Time at the Curb5 Fencing the Airshed: Using Remote Sensing to Police Auto Emissionspart ii Quality Assurance and Consumer Protection6 Technology and the Case for Free Banking7 Consumer Protection Regulation and Information on the Internet8 Medical Licensing: Existing Public Policy and Technological Changepart iii Natural Monopoly?9 Technology and Electricity: Overcoming the Umbilical Mentality10 Avoiding the Grid: Technology and the Decentralization of Water11 Technological Change and the Case for Government Intervention in Postal Servicespart iv Other Areas of Policy12 The Entrepreneurial Community in Light of Advancing Business Practices and Technologies13 Technology and the Protection of Endangered Species Review "Whether you are interested in the role of government and markets, or the role of technology in society, or in specific policy areas, Half-Life makes for stimulating reading. Foldvary and Klein should be commended for bringing together many disparate policy areas under one roof, and assessing the role of technology in promoting choice, freedom, and prosperity."--Knowledge, Technology, & Policy "The Half-Life of Policy Rationales is one clever book. Nothing in recent years on economics of new technology comes close." --The Independent Review "This makes for provocative and profitable reading." -- Markets & Morality "A useful volume for those interested in the rationales for regulations and other government policies." -- Choice Promotional Discusses the effects of technology advances on public policy and management of natural resources. Long Description "The Half-Life of Policy Rationales" argues that the appropriateness of policy depends on the state of technology, and that the justifications for many public policies are dissolving as technology advances. As new detection and metering technologies are being developed for highways, parking, and auto emissions, and information becomes more accessible and user-friendly, this volume argues that quality and safety are better handled by the private sector. As for public utilities, new means of producing and delivering electricity, water, postal, and telephone services dissolve the old natural-monopolies rationales of the government. This volume includes essays on marine resources, lighthouses, highways, parking, auto emissions, consumer product safety, money and banking, medical licensing, electricity, water delivery, postal service, community governance, and endangered species. The editors have mobilized the hands-on knowledge of field experts to develop theories about technology and public policy. "The Half-Life of Policy Rationales" will be of interest to readers in public policy, technology, property rights, and economics. Review Quote "Whether you are interested in the role of government and markets, or the role of technology in society, or in specific policy areas, Half-Life makes for stimulating reading. Foldvary and Klein should be commended for bringing together many disparate policy areas under one roof, and assessing the role of technology in promoting choice, freedom, and prosperity."-- Knowledge, Technology, & Policy " The Half-Life of Policy Rationales is one clever book. Nothing in recent years on economics of new technology comes close."-- The Independent Review "This makes for provocative and profitable reading."-- Markets & Morality "A useful volume for those interested in the rationales for regulations and other government policies."-- Choice Promotional "Headline" Discusses the effects of technology advances on public policy and management of natural resources. Details ISBN0814747779 Series Cato Institute Book Language English ISBN-10 0814747779 ISBN-13 9780814747773 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2003 Imprint New York University Press Subtitle How New Technology Affects Old Policy Issues Country of Publication United States Edited by Fred E. Foldvary Illustrations Illustrations Affiliation Lecturer in Economics, Santa Clara University, USA Place of Publication New York Birth 1946 Pages 276 Short Title HALF-LIFE OF POLICY RATIONALES Publisher New York University Press DOI 10.1604/9780814747773 UK Release Date 2003-05-03 NZ Release Date 2003-05-03 US Release Date 2003-05-03 Author Daniel B. Klein Publication Date 2003-05-03 Alternative 9780814747766 DEWEY 338.9 Audience Undergraduate AU Release Date 2003-05-02 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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