Principles of Public Policy Practice

Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction. Part 1: The Theory of Public Policy Design. 2. What Makes Good Public Policy. 3. Human Nature and Public Policy. 4. Institutional Foundations for a Just Society. Part 2: Microeconomic Risk Management. 5. Health Care Delivery and Financing: In Search of an Ideal Model. 6. Legal Aid and Justice. 7. Bank Deposit Insurance. 8. Towards an Optimal Public Pension Scheme. Part 3: Macroeconomic Risk Management. 9. The Risks of Monetary Crises: Inflation. 10. The Risks of Monetary Crises: Currency Crises and Interest Rate Gyrations. 11. Savings Instruments, Bubbles, and Financial Crises. 12. Transparency. Part 4: Resource Allocation and Redistribution. 13. Optimal Size of the Government. 14. Education Policy. 15. Housing (with a Digression on Transportation Pricing). 16. Social Safety Net and Redistribution. Part 5: Public Policy and Economic Ecology. 17. Economic Ecology: The Case of the Great Depression of the Nineteen Thirties. 18. Economic Ecology: The Case of Hong Kong. Epilogue. 19. Public Policy in the New Millennium. References. Index.