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This book provides a much-needed introduction to public choice thought and public policy by three acknowledged leaders in the field.
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Oversimplified Theory.......2005-10-25
The other reviewers have provided well-stated synopses of the arguments so I will skip to my opinion of the book.
"Government Failure" is a quick dip into political theory. It presents a particular school of thought and how that school would (should) perceive the current state of government. One can read the book in an afternoon and feel as though one has learned something. What it lacks, however, is a compelling argument that would convince anyone reading the theory with a critical eye.
One of the first problems is that even Mr. Tullock, a founder of the theory, does not actually like the term "public choice". Mr. Seldon also questions the appropriateness of the term. Coining a term, using it in a book title, then undermining its applicability in that same book casts some doubt on how thoroughly they have thought through this.
A second problem is that most claims made are unsubstantiated. What the reader is getting is logic that interpolates personal opinion and presents it as a truth. It is a perfectly acceptable approach when one considers this a philosophical tract, but not an acceptable approach if the intent is to "tell it like it is".
A third, more egregious problem, is the looseness of the the term "self interest". I would argue that, much like the demand curve, the meaning and degree of self interest a person demonstrates is not constant, but subject to external influencers or moods. Thus it is not necessarily a contradiction to expect an elected official to behave in a manner that has nothing to do with his/her interest in getting re-elected. This does not mean they don't care; it just means that it is not a factor in the decision.
Alas, this brief treatise does not do a credible job of defining terms. It does a somewhat better job with "log rolling" but chooses to define "rent seeking" using the words "rent" and "seek" in its definition. The rent-seeking examples provided were also less illuminating. One that stands out has to do with the mortgage deduction on the income tax. I believe Tullock is arguing that by making homeownership look attractive it ends up costing people more to move from one domicle to another than it would if they just stayed in apartments. But he doesn't explicitly state that, or even connect the dots for you.
Moreover, to use the loosely defined "self-interet" argument, it is reasonable to think that several factors come into play when a person chooses to buy a residence versus renting. People are very good at rationalizing decisions that on paper do not appear to be the most economically efficient. Why? Because the bottom line is not always the driver of human decisions.
Finally, question the critical praise on the back of the cover. One professor is quoted as saying "The scope of government control and activity has burgeoned far beyond the conception of the founders of the American republic." Consider the government's mission (aka the Preamble to the Consitution): form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessing of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. These are very broad statements indeed; it seems reasonable to argue that several interpretations were possible at the time they were made, just as several are possible now.
This book is a somewhat useful introduction to a theory that doesn't seem to have a good name. It is a good book for information gathering but not particularly enlightening.
An Introduction to Public Choice Economics.......2005-09-19
Gordon Tullock offers an insightful analysis of the economic costs of rent-seeking to society at large. Generally, rent-seeking involves spoliation of one party or society at large by the instrumentality of the law for the betterment of another party. The rent-seeking phenomenon has reached crescendo in the twentieth-century. "The state is that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else," as Frederic Bastiat has said.
Many public choice economists emphasize the value of federalism or decentralization and for good reason. Federalism is in essence a division and a widespread diffusion of powers. However, in my humble opinion, the competitive element of federalism as it presently stands is rather diminutive. Federalism as it stands doesn't bode well for the states, the Tenth Amendment, and overall economic efficiency, as it is wrought with unfunded mandates from the central government and a top-down centralized state that knows little if any restraints on its forcible interventions, regulations, and redistribution activities. It is not that federalism is not conducive to competition, but rather that the architecture of a truly federal system has been eradicated in favor of a top-down unitary state with only vestigial republican elements remaining. Thus, the competitive nature of the present system is marginal compared to what it could be if it were a truly federal system. However, in recognizing the virtues and merits of federalism from an economic perspective as the public choice economists adroitly do, one can make a case for restoring federalism not only on constitutional grounds but also on economic grounds.
Perhaps the one downside to this book is that Arthur Seldon writes a somewhat mediocre introduction to this primer on public choice economics citing the abdication of Abraham Lincoln's vision of "a government of the people, for the people, and by the people" while presumptively proclaiming that Lincoln would be appalled at the application of economics to politics today. In reality, Lincoln was the pioneer swashbuckler politician who advanced spoliation of the many for the enrichment of a cadre of special interests, and he mastered rent-seeking, log-rolling, and protectionism. Being the quintessential Whig-Republican, he embraced spoliation of the common man for the aristocracy of privilege and patronage. Asked of Lincoln: "Why not let the South go in peace?" Response of Lincoln: "Who would pay for the government?" No book is perfect!
I'm receptive to the ideas of public choice economists, but there is much to be wanted. This book just doesn't quite do it for me. I would recommend that anyone interested in public choice economics just dive into Gordon Tullock's other books.
Poor book at best fit for introductory undergraduate courses.......2004-06-16
Not terribly useful, though a good introductory review of log-rolling and rent-seeking. Might perhaps do as a book for an introductory Political Science course if backed up with significant amounts of other material.
A superb treatment of rent-seeking and log-rolling.......2003-08-14
Since this is a book written by three authors separately, I shall discuss each part on its own, but first a few general remarks.
My biggest gripe is that the primary topic is not "public choice" per se, but rather "rent-seeking" with some discussion about externalities and so forth. While the discussion is illuminating and generally crisp and comprehensible, the over-use of the term "public choice analyis" proved annoying: Hardly a page went by without "public choice analyis," sometimes twice in the same sentence.
The general thrust of the text is that, however well-intentioned, no government can sustain a vibrant and diverse welfare-state over the long-term. Entrenched bureaucracies simply can't cope with the vagaries and varieties of human desires. Only the free market can hope to provide for the panoply of individuals' interests.
Part I: A concise, lucid, introduction to the theory of public choice. Professor Tullock has a definitely "small-government" mentality (which I share), but his discussion is still even-handed. The sole problem I have is that the few tables and graphs he employs are completely unitelligible to me. Fortunately, they're not essential, as his writing should be clear enough. The most important topics are rent-seeking and log-rolling, the former of which is the topic most treated by the co-authors. Also of interest is the discussion about bureaucracies.
Part II: A far ranging, perhaps wandering, discussion of the application of rent-seeking to American regulatory policy. Brady writes with a slightly more fervent tone than does Tullock, with a clear but tempered opinion of the roles lawyers, regulators, etc. Generally interesting, but the chapters somewhat lack coherence with each other beyond the theory.
Part III: Sheldon here presents the most entertaining and forcefully written section of the book. Full of vigor, he brings ip several issues that are of critical interest to proponents of small government: the Fabian fallacy, the growth of addiction to the welfare-state, and the welfare-state's role in the collapse of the family.
A great introduction for the interested student of politics or economics.
The introduction was a failure.......2002-12-14
Arthur Seldon uses Abraham Lincoln as an example of a leader who believed in limited government, "of the people, by the people, and for the people". In actuality, Lincoln lead a failed government attempt at state railroad building when he was in the Illinois legislature. He instituted the first conscription in the United States, and the first income tax. He lead the charge of an unconstitutional export tax on Southern cotton and then an actual blockade. He intimidated the Supreme Court and executed Union soldiers for sleeping on duty. Seldon should do a bit of reading about Lincoln before he uses him as an icon for small government. I, personally, was so turned off by the introduction that I couldn't bring myself to read the book.
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In this unique guide to playing better baseball, Bob Cluck draws upon actual situations encountered during his more than two decades as a major-league coach and scout to provide answers to critical questions coaches and players have about the complex strategic aspects of America's most beloved sport. Think Better Baseball is for coaches and players interested in taking their games to a higher level of sophistication. Cluck covers a host of knotty situations commonly encountered during the course of a game and describes various successful strategies that many of the greatest coaches and players in the history of the game have employed to their advantage.
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Excellent for High School and College.......2003-08-04
This is excellent for high school and college. Although much of it can be used for lower levels as well, most of it caters to more experienced players. There are many examples of how to get the best out of practice and out of a team. Well laid out and easy to read, very good information, recommended.
Cluck did it again........2002-08-17
I thought Play Better Baseball helped me as a coach, Think Better Baseball takes it a step further. This baseball genius breaks down the game as never before. I would recommend anyone to buy all of his books. They have become my "baseball bibles".
Bob Cluck did it again.......2002-05-08
Bob Cluck must be the greatest all-around Instructor in baseball. I have read all of his books and used them as my bibles to teach baseball at the high school level. I have won 8 consecutive league titles using the fundamentals and advanced mechanics found in Play Better Baseball and Think Better Baseball. Think Better Baseball is just what I needed to advance my coaching skills to the next level.
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"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." --Jane Austen, Pride and PrejudiceThere was never a more astute chronicler of the hits and near-misses of love than Jane Austen. Now, she helps readers discover their inner heroines and get the guy in this witty book of romance and dating strategies.Utilizing wisdom inspired by Jane Austen's novels, from Sense and Sensibility to Pride and Prejudice and beyond, author Lauren Henderson creates an indispensable guide for navigating the all-too-mystifying dating scene. Harnessing the triumphs and pitfalls of Austen's classic characters, Henderson shows how qualities like honesty, self-awareness, and forthrightness always win the right man -- and still let you respect yourself in the morning. A completely new and amusing approach to dating, Jane Austen's Guide to Dating includes insightful personality quizzes that reveal which Jane Austen character you -- and your mate -- most resemble. Armed with this knowledge, you can learn what to do if you're a Lizzie, but the object of your affection is a Bingley. You can even find out how to gain the clearheadedness and confidence that Anne Elliot had and almost lost in Persuasion.Full of wit and truly useful advice that has stood the test of time, Jane Austen's Guide to Dating will help readers overcome the nonsense and find the sense (and sensibility) to succeed in a lasting relationship. Fans of Jane Austen and newcomers alike will delight in this fun, fresh, and audacious guide.
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Cute.......2007-10-04
A cute book if you are a fellow Jane Austen fan. I wouldn't follow any of her dating advice though...just something fun to read.
good premise that falls short.......2007-08-17
I am a big Jane Austen fan and that was the best part of this book: the examples from Austen's novels. The rest of the book read a lot like pop psychology and I have to agree with the other reviewer that commented on the "bar hopping, and sleeping around" aspect to many of the examples; a bit of a turn off for me. Some good analogies, and the woman can write.
Great gift for that single English Major.......2007-05-18
Bought this for an English teacher friend and she loved it. Makes some good points and is humorous just like Jane Austen herself.
Swore I would never read a dating book..........2007-03-29
Like a lot of the other reviewers, I swore I would never read a dating book, because I thought I knew how it worked. But I have a very keen interest in Jane Austen and so I read it for that angle. I was dating a couple of guys and I had one really good friend that I wasn't really interested in, but he liked me a great deal. And when I read the chapter on giving a guy a chance although you don't think he is your type, it totally struck a cord. We started dating a couple weeks later, and a short two weeks after I went over for dinner and stayed the night and never went back to my place. I'm not saying this book is responsible for us being together. Jane Austen would definitely not approve, but I do think that chapter struck a nerve and led me to one of the happiest periods in my life.
Does everyone meet in bars?.......2007-03-09
As a Jane Austen fan, I thought this would be a fun read. Even though I'm married, I wanted to share it with my daughter. While the book does a great job of using examples from the novels to make her points, the modern day examples repeatedly tell of people meeting in bars?! Is this really where folks hope to find the love of their life? Also, the book assumes people sleep around A LOT before settling down. Guess I've been married a little too long...otherwise it was cute.
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As long as there has been an America, the indomitable spirit of American women has shaped both the country's history and society. Regardless of the time and place these women were born each excelled in her respective field, making it easier for the next generation. This is what makes them heroines.
In American Heroines, Kay Bailey Hutchison presents female pioneers in fields as varied as government, business, education and healthcare, who overcame the resistance and prejudice of their times and accomplished things that no woman -- and sometimes no man -- had done before. Hutchison, a pioneer in her own right, became the first woman elected to the United States Senate from the State of Texas.
Interspersed with the stories of America's historic female leaders are stories of today's women whose successes are clearly linked to those predecessors. Would Sally Ride have been given the chance to orbit the earth had Amelia Earhart not flown solo across the Atlantic Ocean fifty years before? Had Clara Barton not nursed wounded soldiers on Civil War battlefields, aid may not have reached the millions it did while the Red Cross was in the hands of women like Elizabeth Dole and Bernadine Healy. Had Oveta Culp Hobby not been appointed the first Secretary of the Department of Health and Education by President Eisenhower, the country may have been deprived of such leaders as Secretary of State Madeline Albright and National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice.
As a young girl, Senator Hutchison dreamed of an America where the qualifier "the first woman" had become obsolete. The profiles contained in American Heroines, illustrate how her dream is coming true, one courageous step at a time.
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A VERY SPIRTED BOOK.......2005-09-17
THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING BOOKS OF ITS KIND THAT I HAVE READ IN A LONG TIME."AMERICAN HEROINES" IS A VERY SPECIAL BOOK AND REALLY SHOULD BE REQUIRED READING IN MOST HIGH SCHOOLS SO MOST STUDENTS CAN GET TO KNOW WHAT GREAT DEEDS THESE WONDERFUL WOMEN PERFORMED TO SHAPE AND MOLD THIS GREAT NATION OF OURS. UP UNTIL NOW ALOT OF THESE WOMEN AND THE GREAT THINGS THEY HAVE DONE HAVE GONE UNOTICED BUT SEN. KAY BAILEY HUTCHISONS BOOK "AMERICAN HEROINES" HAS GIVEN A NEW LIGHT TO ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL WOMEN AND WHAT GREAT THINGS THEY DID. IF YOUR LOOKING FOR A GREAT GIFT FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL:A FRIEND, FAMILY MEMBER, A SOLDIER SERVERING OVER SEAS THEAN GET THEM "AMERICAN HEROINES" BY KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON IT WOULD MAKE A PERFECT GIFT FOR THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE IN YOUR LIFE. AND WHO EVER YOU GIVE THIS BOOK TO THEY CAN LEARN ABOUT SOME VERY SPIRITED PEOPLE HELPED SHAPED THIS GREAT COUNTRY.
Leadership of Graciousness.......2005-03-18
Senator Hutchison is a woman who has risen above stereotypes to become the first woman in Texas elected to the Senate. That says a lot in a land where men still open doors for women and call women "ma'am" or "miss" even though you may be a complete stranger. Put aside your political beliefs and you will have a book highlighting women who conquered the "glass ceiling" despite what was the norm of the times. These women may be from Timbuktu for all we know, but they are women whom our daughters can learn how to reach beyond gender stereotypes. Of course Senator Hutchison will include more women from Texas than from elsewhere, she grew up in Texas. These are women who influenced her and helped her achieve the "first" status as well. Again, putting aside politics, this book is a good book on the power of women who can rise despite criticism and social norms.
Senator Hutchison should perform better research on her fact.......2005-02-04
In reading Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's (R-TX) book, American Heroines: The Spirited Women Who Shaped Our Country, I found a large error. The error was in her reference to NASA astronaut, Dr. Sally Ride;
1. On page 207, 2nd paragraph Senator Hutchison writes: "Fast forward to June 18, 1983, and Dr. Ride became the first female astronaut for a mission into outer space."
2. Continuing on page 207, 3rd paragraph: "In 1983, she became the first women in space..."
Dr. Ride was not the first woman to fly in outer space; she was the first "American" woman to fly in outer space and the third woman in outer space. The two other women that preceded her were Valentina Tereshkova (Vostok 6 in 1963) and Svetlana Savitskaya (Soyuz T-7 in 1982), both from the former Soviet Union. Some may argue that it is correct to say that Dr. Ride was the first women "astronaunt" as the former Soviet Union women were referred to as "cosmonaunts." I do not agree, still incorrect information.
One review of the book said that Senator Hutchinson's "combines biography and social history to shed light on what she calls the indomitable spirit of American women which has shaped both the country's history and its society." Dr. Sally Ride's contribution to space flight and American women should be celebrated and she is an important a role model for women but it is also important that her accomplishments be presented correctly.
It is unfortunate that this information was not researched more thoroughly or corrected by the editor. Several online encyclopedias contain the correct information.
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This One's for the Girls .......2005-02-01
Traversing the diverse footprints of America's influential women seems a daunting order for one book. American Heroines: The Spirited Women Who Shaped Our Country by United States Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison navigates the lives and accomplishments of America's remarkable women, spanning from Mary Austin Holley to Sandra Day O'Connor and Amelia Earhart to Jackie Joyner-Kersee. The book reads like a collection of short stories, so it's perfect for the reader-on-the go. Read a chapter an evening, and be enlightened by a brief biography of an influential American woman, then commentary on the significance of her historical impact. Hutchison keeps the narrative light and lively, and she infuses the biography with her perspective on her subjects' lasting contribution.
Diversity of subject strengthens this book. Senator Hutchinson groups the chapters into similar sections, such as "Pioneers and Preservationists," "Education for Everyone," "Conquering the Skies," and "Public Lives, Public Service." While Hutchinson is a political conservative, her biographical praise crosses back and forth across the ideological aisle - she gives equal admiration to Geraldine Ferraro and Madeline Albright as she does to Elizabeth Dole and Condoleezza Rice. And, her esteem reaches beyond politics. She commends healthcare pioneer Clara Barton, astronaut Sally Ride, and artist Mary Cassatt.
The colloquial writing proves a little distracting. One more word-cutting and cleaning edit would have improved the work. However, Hutchinson voice is the book's finest attribute, and that remains clear throughout the biographies. Her admiring observations provide a personal touch to the history. An extraordinary woman herself, Hutchinson is the first woman to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate. The book highlights her own resourcefulness and intelligence and reveals her affection for her home state. She's a little partial to the ladies of Texas in her subject choice, but what Texan isn't?
Don't read this book if you're looking for a challenging and intellectual dose of history - go buy a textbook instead. But, read American Heroines: The Spirited Women Who Shaped Our Country for an enriching, entertaining and comprehensive tour of the lives and accomplishments of 45 outstanding American women.
Collection Of Famous People Who Happen To Be Women.......2005-01-24
Think of this book as more of a reference book than a cover-to-cover read. The book is made up of the heart-warming life stories of a collection of famous women in America. The book's index is available on Amazon where you can find all of the women who are covered in this book.
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