Inside job : how government insiders subvert the public interest. --

Cambridge, Inglaterra ; New York, N.Y., Estados Unidos : Cato Institute/Cambridge University Press, c2017.

xiii, 251 p. : il. ; 23 cm.

9781316607770

Incluye referencias bibliográficas (Pp. 208-223) e índice analítico.

1. Government for the people? -- 2. Why worry about government insiders and their profits? -- 3. How do government insiders profit at the public's expense? -- 4. What do government insiders stand to gain? -- 5. What factors curb hijacking by government insiders? -- 6. Why are government insiders so hard to control? -- 7. Where and when has the state been co-opted from within? -- 8. Government insiders: a day of reckoning for China? -- 9. Government insiders: a day of reckoning for the United States? -- 10. How can we form a more perfect union? --

Tomado de Amazon: "National decline is typically blamed on special interests from the demand side of politics corrupting a country's institutions. The usual demand-side suspects include crony capitalists, consumer activists, economic elites, and labor unions. Less attention is given to government insiders on the supply side of politics - rulers, elected officials, bureaucrats, and public employees. In autocracies and democracies, government insiders have the motive, means, and opportunity to co-opt political power for their benefit and at the expense of national well-being. Many storied empires have succumbed to such inside jobs. Today, they imperil countries as different as China and the United States. Democracy - government by the people - does not ensure government for the people. Understanding how government insiders use their power to subvert the public interest - and how these negative consequences can be mitigated - is the topic of this book by Mark A. Zupan." --