George Lermer
Biographic Data
| ID | 5757121 |
|---|---|
| NAME | George Lermer |
| GIVEN NAMES | George |
| FAMILY NAME | Lermer |
| SIGNATURE | LERMER G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lethbridge |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Breaking the Shackles
The Privatization Putsch
Nucleus
Investments in Failure
The Political Economy of Business Bailouts
ment funding is further undercut in Chapter Ten. This chapter examines issues of equity and concludes that subsidies to the performing arts are, on balance, income regressive. Chapter Eleven offers West's policy conclusions. He is reluctant to call for cutbacks in government funding of the performing arts; however, he sees the evidence as strongly rejecting arguments for increased 'supply side' funding. Rather, West supports a change in policy di…
Probing Leviathan
Regulation and the redistribution of income and wealth
Government regulation may be instituted to alter the distribution of income and wealth just as it may be instituted to remedy market failures and hence improve allocative efficiency. Consistent with what has been called our “nascent genius in redistribution.” Canada has made extensive use of regulation as a technique to redistribute income ‐ even where it may not have been established with that purpose mainly in mind. As a governing instrument, r…
Probing Leviathan
Regulation and the redistribution of income and wealth
Government regulation may be instituted to alter the distribution of income and wealth just as it may be instituted to remedy market failures and hence improve allocative efficiency. Consistent with what has been called our “nascent genius in redistribution.” Canada has made extensive use of regulation as a technique to redistribute income ‐ even where it may not have been established with that purpose mainly in mind. As a governing instrument, r…
Breaking the Shackles
Regulation and the redistribution of income and wealth
Government regulation may be instituted to alter the distribution of income and wealth just as it may be instituted to remedy market failures and hence improve allocative efficiency. Consistent with what has been called our “nascent genius in redistribution.” Canada has made extensive use of regulation as a technique to redistribute income ‐ even where it may not have been established with that purpose mainly in mind. As a governing instrument, r…
Probing Leviathan
The Political Economy of Business Bailouts
ment funding is further undercut in Chapter Ten. This chapter examines issues of equity and concludes that subsidies to the performing arts are, on balance, income regressive. Chapter Eleven offers West's policy conclusions. He is reluctant to call for cutbacks in government funding of the performing arts; however, he sees the evidence as strongly rejecting arguments for increased 'supply side' funding. Rather, West supports a change in policy di…
Investments in Failure
The Privatization Putsch
Nucleus
Breaking the Shackles
Business (6 works) · Canadian Policy and Governance (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Government (linguistics (2 works) · Market economy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Allocative efficiency (1 work) · Atomic energy (1 work)