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Mercers’ School Memorial Professor of Commerce Michael Mainelli. Goldilocks Government and the Market: Not Too Little, Not Too Much, But Just Right. Outline. Magic beancounters Public, private or in-between? Contracting with the people Global contracting The Government Optimeter - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Mercers’ School Memorial Professor of CommerceMichael Mainelli
Goldilocks Government and the Market:
Not Too Little, Not Too Much, But Just Right
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Outline
Magic beancounters
Public, private or in-between?
Contracting with the people
Global contracting
The Government Optimeter
The Competition Optimeter
The Community Optimeter
Do you really, really believe in smaller government – the Bear-est recipe?
“Get a detailed grip on the big picture.”Chao Kli Ning
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Magic Beancounters
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Public, Private Or In-Between?
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Government In The Economy
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Total general governmentexpenditure% of GDP
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Social security transfers % of GDP
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General Government Expenditure As % GDP 1901 to 1998
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Federal Spending As % of GNP/GDP1799 to 1997
[Vedder and Galloway, 1998]
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Contracting With The People
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Global Contracting
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The Government Optimeter
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The Competition Optimeter
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The Community Optimeter
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A Lack Of Locality
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Do You Really, Really Believe In Smaller Government – The Bear-est Recipe?
Giving communities real power
Re-mapping political positions on more than one dimension
Developing better metrics of government, competition and community
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Discussion
1. Is a single measure of optimal government scale impossible?
2. Can more local democracy help keep overall government slim?
3. What other forces can help control the scale of government?
“Get a big picture grip on the details.”Chao Kli Ning
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Goldilocks Government and the Market
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