03271nam a22004214a 4500 EBC336359 MiAaPQ 20250821103023.0 m o d | cr cnu|||||||| 070712s2007 dcu ob 001 0 eng 9781933995274 (electronic bk.) 9781933995076 (print) (MiAaPQ)EBC336359 (Au-PeEL)EBL336359 (CaPaEBR)ebr10379648 (CaONFJC)MIL190512 (OCoLC)437204824 MiAaPQ eng rda pn MiAaPQ MiAaPQ n-us--- HC106.83 .O86 2007 338.973 22 O'Toole, Randal. 158342 The best-laid plans [electronic resource] : how government planning harms your quality of life, your pocketbook, and your future / Randal O'Toole. Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute ; [Lanham, MD] : Distributed to the trade by National Book Network, c2007. ix, 416 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-392) and index. Introduction -- Forest planning -- The case of the fake forests -- Garbage in, gospel out -- A process of natural selection -- Analysis paralysis -- The return of fire dominance -- Why planning fails -- Radical doctrine or rational decisionmaking? -- Human barriers -- Planning is not necessary -- Land-use planning -- Urban renewal -- Turning Portland into L.A. -- How smart is "smart growth"? -- Smart growth as oppression -- Homeownership -- Housing affordability -- Housing bubbles -- It's supply, not demand -- Portland housing -- Smart growth and crime -- Portland planning implodes -- Why planners fail -- The planning profession -- The history of planning -- The ideal communist city -- Urban renewal in the United States -- From radiant city to smart growth -- Typical planning methods -- Transportation planning -- Planning vs. chaos -- The benefits of the automobile -- Costs exaggerated -- The panic over peak oil -- Planning for congestion -- Building auto-hostile streets -- The rail transit hoax -- Transportation myths -- Why government fails -- Power and rationality -- Legislators: seeking reelection -- Special interests: looking for handouts -- Bureaucrats: maximizing budgets -- The executive: distracted by detail -- Courts and voters: the last lines of defense -- Instead of planning -- 246 varieties of cheese -- Make the market work -- Turn open-access resources into property -- Protect public goods with trusts -- Understand government's limits -- Reforming public land management -- Reforming transportation -- Reforming land use -- The American dream. Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. Central planning United States. 158343 Capitalism United States. 158344 United States Economic policy 2001-2009. 158345 Electronic books. 35142 Cato Institute. 158346 ProQuest (Firm) 158347 ProQuest (Firm) https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kuct-ebooks/detail.action?docID=336359 Click to View 241833 241833