The Architecture of Government

Kwasi Kwarteng, Ryan Bourne and Jonathan Dupont
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Ryan Bourne: Institute of Economic Affairs
Jonathan Dupont: Policy Exchange

Chapter 1 in A Time for Choosing, 2015, pp 21-41 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The structure of government remains designed for a Victorian empire, centrally controlled by an elite in Whitehall. We should accept that there are limits to what a government can know, or the problems it can solve. Government should focus only on what it can do best. At the present, too many departments lead to bureaucratic sprawl. Technocratic attempts to predict the future or steer the business cycle have proved a failure. Instead, we should run balanced budgets, devolve power to increase experimentation and admit our uncertainty about the future.

Keywords: Public Sector; Monetary Policy; Minimum Wage; Government Spending; Balance Budget (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-137-48257-0_2

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