Fundamentals of the Economic Role of Government

WARREN J. SAMUELS is Professor of Economics at Michigan State University. He is the author of Corporations and Society (Greenwood Press, 1987), The Classical Theory of Economic Policy and Pareto on Policy and is the editor of The Law of Power, Law and Economics and Taxing and Spending Policy, among others. His most recent articles have been published in the Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Journal of Economic Issues, and International Review of Law and Economics.

Preface Government and Competitive Free Enterprise Power, Politics, and Economics Government and the Economy: What Is Fundamental? The Role of Government in a Market Economy Economic Systems, Government, and Group Interests The Changing Economic Role of Government The State: Power and Dichotomy The Three Faces of John Locke: Fundamental Ambiguities in Government's Economic Functions The Chicken and the Egg True Fundamentals of the Economic Role of Government Economists' Role in Government at Risk The Public Costs of Private Blessings The Boundaries of the Public Domain Strategic Behavior and the Role of Government Ideology and the Economic Role of Government On the Appropriate Arenas for Government Intervention in the Third World Political Economy and Public Policy: The Problem of Joint Appraisal Assistance for Economic Development Some Fundamentals of the Economic Role of Government Economy and State: An Institutionalist Theory of Process and Learning On the Fundamentals of the Economic Role of Government--The Rules Governing Economic Activity Fundamentals Relating to the Economic Functions of Government On the Economic Role of Government The Economic Role of Government as a Constitutional Problem Diverse Approaches to the Economic Role of Government: An Interpretive Essay Selected Bibliography Index