Harvey S. Rosen: Governance

Harvey S. Rosen is American economist. Explore interesting quotes on governance.

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“In this country, the number of individuals on the government payroll certainly underestimates the importance of government.”

Harvey S. Rosen

Source: Public Finance - International Edition - Sixth Edition, Chapter 1, Introduction, p. 10

“Peoples views on how the government should conduct its financial operations are heavily influenced by their political philosophies.”

Harvey S. Rosen

Getting Started, p. 1
Public Finance - International Edition - Sixth Edition

“Government is essentially a big computer that elicits from citizens their preferences and uses this information to produce social decisions.”

Harvey S. Rosen

Source: Public Finance - International Edition - Sixth Edition, Chapter 6, Political Economy, p. 117

“Public decision making is complicated and not well understood. Contrary to simple methods of democracy, there appear to be forces pulling government expenditures away from levels that would be preferred by the median voter.”

Harvey S. Rosen

Source: Public Finance - International Edition - Sixth Edition, Chapter 6, Political Economy, p. 133

“Government grows because low-income individuals use the political system to redistribute income toward themselves.”

Harvey S. Rosen

Source: Public Finance - International Edition - Sixth Edition, Chapter 6, Political Economy, p. 128