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Politicians as consumer advocates instead of quasi-capitalists

In: The Public Wealth of Nations

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  • Dag Detter
  • Stefan Fölster

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Most would agree that the public wealth could be managed better. This book, however, makes a much more far-reaching claim. Better institutions to govern public wealth can improve democracy and make it easier for politicians and administrators to represent their citizens rather than succumb to pressure from all those striving to share in the spoils of public wealth. In this chapter, we will illustrate how public monopolies can potentially give consumers much better services, if politics was more concerned with citizen welfare and less with protecting SOEs. This also requires that SOEs must be regulated on a par with private firms. One illustration is the way airports, airlines, and traffic control are handled in many countries.

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  • Dag Detter & Stefan Fölster, 2015. "Politicians as consumer advocates instead of quasi-capitalists," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: The Public Wealth of Nations, chapter 0, pages 63-71, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-51986-3_5
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137519863_5
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