Society, Markets and Rules

摘要

Government Failure is an idiosyncratic set of eleven chapters/essays of a "political philosophy nature" (p. 2). Chapters 1-5 cover general issues of government, markets and society. These chapters develop Dolfsma's own ideas and concepts against the backdrop of an extensive political and economic philosophy literature review. Chapters 6-8 apply Dolfsma's concept of government failure to changes in health care policies and in intellectual property rights (IPR). Chapter 9 (somewhat of an orphan) takes up the issue of institutional vulnerability. Chapter 10 addresses a dynamic welfare perspective for a knowledge society, revisiting the IPR issue. Chapter 11 briefly concludes.