Seeing Like a State
Seeing Like a State1998
How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
About this book
Examines how (sometimes quasi-) authoritarian central planning fails to deliver the goods, be they increased resources for the state or a better life for the people.
Details
- First published
- 1998
- OL Work ID
- OL26241985W
Subjects
Central planningSocial engineeringSocial aspects of Central planningSocial aspectsAuthoritarianismLong Now Manual for CivilizationEconomic assistance, domesticSocial problemsHuman servicesState, thePOLITICAL SCIENCEPublic PolicyEconomic PolicyBUSINESS & ECONOMICSGovernment & BusinessDevelopmentEconomic DevelopmentBusiness Development