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1、DirkHaubrich&JonathanWolff'EconomismanditsLimits''EconomismanditsLimits'DirkHaubrichandJonathanWolffTheauthorsaregratefultoDonaldFranklin,BobGoodin,MichaelMoran,CamillaNeedham,JesseNorman,MartinReid,andGrantVennerforhelpfulcommentsonearlierdrafts.TheresearchhasbeensupportedbyAHRBInn
2、ovationGrantNo.AR15635.NotesonContributorsDirkHaubrichisResearchFellowintheDepartmentofPhilosophy,UniversityCollegeLondon.Hehaspublishedinseveraljournalsonpoliticaltheory,publicpolicy,internationalrelations,andpoliticalpropaganda.Priortohiscurrentpositionhewasanexecutivewithanintern
3、ationalmanagementconsultingfirmJonathanWolffisProfessorofPhilosophyatUniversityCollegeLondon.HeistheauthorofRobertNozick(1991),AnIntroductiontoPoliticalPhilosophy(1996)andWhyReadMarxToday(2002).Heiscurrentlyworkingonanumberoftopicsattheintersectionofpoliticalphilosophyandpublicpolic
4、y.Wordcount:12,350includingendnotesandreferences.67DirkHaubrich&JonathanWolff'EconomismanditsLimits'INTRODUCTIONInitsbroadestsense,‘economism’istheclaimthatdecisionmakersandtheoristshaveoverestimatedthecontributionthattheeconomicrealmcanmaketopolicymaking.Givenasociety'slimitedresou
5、rces,publicpolicyoftenrequirestakingdecisionsamongconflictingdesiresandgoals.Howbesttomakesuchchoices-the'allocationofscarceresourcesamongcompetingends'-hastroubledanalystsforquitesometime,andeconomicshasbeenasought-afterdisciplinetoprovideguidanceinthatendeavor.Governmentagencies,u
6、nlikeprivatecorporations,donotfacethedangerofbankruptcywhenimplementingapolicythatisnotefficientandoftenfindtheirbudgetconstraints'softened'(Kornai1986).Whileprivatefirmshavetominimizetheircostsduetoexternalmarketpressuresexerteduponthem,fewsuchpressuresexistforgovernmentagencies.He
7、nce,inefficiencytendstobemoresevereandprolongedthanintheprivatesector(Leibenstein1966).GiventhatinsomewelfarestatestheallocativesectorcanbeaslargeashalfofGDPandthatitrequiresanextensivebureaucracy67DirkHaubrich&JonathanWolff'EconomismanditsLimits'withaplethoraoflawsandregulations,th
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