The half-life of policy rationales : how new technology affects old policy issues - Foldvary, Fred E., 1946-; Klein, Daniel B. (New York : New York University Press, 2003)
Introduction: Half-life of policy rationales: how new technology affects old policy issues / Fred E. Foldvary, Daniel B. Klein -- PART I. METERING, EXCLUDING, AND CHARGING -- Technology, marine conservation, and fisheries management / Michael De Alessi -- Lighthouse as a private-sector collective good / Fred E. Foldvary -- Motorway financing and provision: technology favors a new approach / Peter Samuel -- Buying time at the curb / Donald C. Shoup -- Fencing the airshed: using remote sensing to police auto emissions / Daniel B. Klein -- PART II. QUALITY ASSURANCE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION -- Technology and the case for free banking / David Friedman, Kerry Macintosh -- Consumer protection regulation and information on the Internet / John C. Moorhouse -- Medical licensing: existing public policy and technological change / Shirley V. Svorny -- PART III. NATURAL MONOPOLY? -- Technology and electricity: overcoming the umbilical mentality / Alvin Lowi Jr., Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. -- Avoiding the grid: technology and the decentralization of water / Alvin Lowi Jr. -- Technological change and the case for government intervention in postal services / Rick Geddes -- PART IV. OTHER ARES OF POLICY -- Entrepreneurial community in light of advancing business practices and technologies / Spencer Heath MacCallum -- Technology and the protection of endangered species / Richard L. Stroup, Jane S. Shaw
"A Cato Institute book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Technological innovations -- Government policy -- United States; Free enterprise -- United States; Technological innovations -- Government policy; Free enterprise