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作者：Stanton, Thomas H.
作者单位：Johns Hopkins University
摘要：Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are insolvent and in government hands. Political forces led many lawmakers to neglect warnings from public administration academics and practitioners about the vulnerabilities of government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). Private ownership combined with government backing let the two companies dominate their markets and the political process. GSEs successfully resisted bank-type regulation and capital requirements. The options now include restoring the two GSEs in some...
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作者：Datz, Giselle
作者单位：Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
摘要：I think that capitalism, wisely managed, can probably be made more efficient for attaining economic ends than any alternative system yet in sight, but that in itself it is in many ways extremely objectionable. Our problem is to work out a social organisation which shall be as efficient as possible without offending our notions of a satisfactory way of life. -John Maynard Keynes, The End of Laissez-Faire, 1926 The all-powerful market which is always right is finished....We have to have a new ba...
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作者：Wood, Lawrence; Bernt, Phyllis; Ting, Carol
作者单位：University System of Ohio; Ohio University; University System of Ohio; Ohio University; University of Macau
摘要：Research demonstrates that some government agencies are more accomplished than others when it comes to e-government. More generally, various scholars suggest that e-government is moving forward at a relatively slow pace, especially in relation to the sophistication of government Web sites. With these issues in mind, this research utilized interviews with state public utility commission staff members to explore their agencies' experiences with staffing, funding, coordinating, and prioritizing t...
